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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (90185)	1/28/2000 1:28:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1571011

Pravin, Dell sticking to Intel is mildly surprising to me too. But you make it sound like AMD is the only one coming out with strong products in the near future. Perhaps Dell wants first dibs on Intel's latest-n-greatest this year, including Cascades (coming a lot sooner than Mustang), Merced/Itanium, Timna, Willamette, and Foster. For example, in the server arena, Dell needs Intel just as much as Intel needs Dell. Intel's SHV (Standard High Volume) approach toward making Intel-based servers prolific fits perfectly with Dell's BTO model of business. And Dell would love to make (or continue making?) inroads into a market dominated by Compaq. Maybe that's one reason why Dell wants to keep playing nice-nice with Intel. Tenchusatsu