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To: Scot who wrote (96282)	3/2/2000 10:03:00 AM
From: Scot	Respond to of 1571813

I love the prescience of Jesse Berst and the other technology pundits. These guys are almost as smart as EP! zdnet.com AMD's Athlon is Good News for Intel By Jesse Berst, Editorial Director ZDNet AnchorDesk, AnchorDesk August 9, 1999 9:00 PM PT In Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22," the main character tries to get out of a war by proving he is crazy. But the mere fact he wants to get out of the war only shows he isn't crazy -- creating the original "Catch-22." The PC industry is facing its own Catch-22 as AMD releases the new Athlon chip to compete with Intel's Pentium III. Click for more. Athlon finally brings some serious competition to the PC chip market. But in doing so it will solidify Intel's stranglehold on the market. [...] The bad news is that Intel, not saddled with heavy debt, will be able to sustain losses longer than AMD in a price war of attrition. AMD could be forced to go the way of Cyrix and get out of the chip business altogether. Leaving Intel's market share unchallenged -- and no company big enough to take it on. The release of the Athlon by AMD puts the PC industry in a Catch-22. By becoming the competition, AMD further strengthens the monopoly.