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To: Gopher Broke who wrote (81988)	12/3/1999 8:04:00 PM
From: Pravin Kamdar	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1574096

Is there any way we can start some sort of a boycott on Dell and Gateway for caving to Intel monopolistic tactics and not shipping Athlon systems? Maybe we can start a running list of people who swear that they will not buy or recommend systems from either company until they stop being accomplices to uncompetitive business practices. Maybe Goutama could control the list. I would be happy to put my John Hancock on it. If we got enough names, it might even make the news and put real pressure on those companies. Pravin.

To: Gopher Broke who wrote (81988)	12/3/1999 9:25:00 PM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1574096

Gopher Broke, <My guess is that Intel and Gateway are arguing like crazy about the terms of the exclusivity deal. Gateway will be saying the Intel are in breach because of under-delivery and therefore they are at liberty to ship Athlons. Intel will be waving their big stick and saying a contract is a contract.> In all my experience I never argued with my customers. That's a no win. It is possible there is some horse trading going on but it is very hard to know the details. One thing I couldn't help noticing over the last few days is that, unless I am hearing them wrong, some of the Gateway commercials do not have the "intel" jingle in them. Anyone else noticed this? I wonder if this is anything more than Intel cutting back on the co-marketing dollars (possibly to make up for the falling ASPs going forward or to help make the Q4). Chuck