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To: SteveC who wrote (98205)	3/13/2000 2:51:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1570750

Scumbria:<<X-box games will likely be optimized for SSE, making AMD clones impossible>> SteveC:<If the gaming community becomes dependent on the X-Box and optimizes its best software for it, MSFT could one day take all their profit by charging licensing fees for the sale of each game.> A good point, Steve. DOJ will simply not allow M$ to optimize software for only their own hardware platform. That would be a clear example of using your monopoly position in one market (software, operating systems) to gain an advantage in a new market (hardware gaming consoles). Petz

To: SteveC who wrote (98205)	3/13/2000 2:51:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1570750

SteveC - Re: "If the gaming community becomes dependent on the X-Box and optimizes its best software for it, MSFT could one day take all their profit by charging licensing fees for the sale of each game. MSFT is not doing this as a charity activity, and I'm sure is imposing licensing fees (for now at a nominal rate) in its development contracts with gamers. MSFT will find a way to make a killing on the product and essentially taxing the gamers is the easiest way for it to do so. With that in mind, it is in the interest of software developers to continue to work closely with AMD and support alternative instructions and platforms." If Microsoft had selected the AthWiper for the X-BOX, these EXACT SAME ARGUMENTS ABOUT LICENSING FEES would still apply. If that had happened, would you be imploring the AMDroids to work closely with Intel and support alternative instructions and platforms? Or are you just another bent-out-of-shape AMDroid, whining in his beer? Paul