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To: Windsock who wrote (91371)	2/3/2000 7:04:00 PM
From: Cory Gault	Respond to of 1575706

Windsock: That Ford deal is pretty amazing. You can bet years 2 years ago that would not be part of any labor contract. A good sign for the whole industry that ford is taking this step..and that the employees want it and consider it of value!! CG

To: Windsock who wrote (91371)	2/3/2000 7:22:00 PM
From: survivin	Respond to of 1575706

re: Ford plan "Besides the base system, three upgrade models will be available for those willing to pay extra" I wonder what cpu these 3 models feature. Since the employees can get a celeron 500 for $5 a month, I'm sure there will be many willing to pay $10 for an athlon 700 or so. Pretty nice perk, lets hope others follow suit.

To: Windsock who wrote (91371)	2/3/2000 7:26:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575706

RE:"AMD does have an inventory problem with the Athlon processor. Make a million in Q4 and end up with 40% of that in inventory."... So you think AMD made a million Athlons and had 400k on hand at the end of the quarter? Check, it was a lot less than that. Typically AMD has about 600K-1M chips on hand at the end of a quarter. I believe they had a lot less than that last Q. Any inventory they had is now gone. Motherboard shortages may have been responsible for what Athlons they did have. I doubt very seriously that AMD has any excess inventory at this time, especially with Intel not being able to supply high speed coppermines. To think otherwise would be pure FUD-passing.

To: Windsock who wrote (91371)	2/3/2000 7:27:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1575706

RE:"In the meantime, Ford announces a plan to provide to provide internet access for its employees using 300,000 HP PCs with Intel processors"... This is yet another reason Fords stock can't get off the ground...

To: Windsock who wrote (91371)	2/3/2000 7:51:00 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1575706

Elmer-er I mean WIndsock, commerce.us.dell.com "Please contact your sales representative for more information as estimated ship dates for the Pentium© III Processor at 800MHz will exceed 30 days." What a maroon. How's Yousef doing? Make it so, Mysef

To: Windsock who wrote (91371)	2/3/2000 7:53:00 PM
From: niceguy767	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575706

Hi Windsock: Re: "In the meantime, Ford announces a plan to provide to provide internet access for its employees using 300,000 HP PCs with Intel processors." Comment: Sounds like a recipe for major staff morale problems not too far down the road for Ford employees! You know, saddling them with "second best"! No way to treat your staff!

To: Windsock who wrote (91371)	2/3/2000 8:27:00 PM
From: Mani1	Respond to of 1575706

Windstock Re <<AMD does have an inventory problem with the Athlon processor. Make a million in Q4 and end up with 40% of that in inventory.>> Please tell me you are not clueless! Re <<Ford announces a plan to provide to provide internet access for its employees using 300,000 HP PCs with Intel processors. >> First of all a whole lot less than 300K will actually buy a Celeron 500 MHz. At most, this deal may boost INTC revenue by about 0.05% over the next year. Nice to see it made you excited. Mani