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To: Elmer who wrote (98210)	3/12/2000 11:34:00 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580631

Elmer Re..<<<<Paul is correct. AMD offered a graphics processor that never worked to specifications. EP Elmer How could the graphics processor work to specifications if Intel sabotaged the efforts of AMD to agree on specifications. According to the judgement of the court; AMD trusted Intel and Intel stabbed them in the back in order to gain monopoly control over the 386 market. It is you who can't remember history' not Jerry. Note I have recopied and pasted a paragraph from survivings post. Please read it carefully and either agree with the arbitrators findings or post a link from someone who is credible disputing those findings. <<<<<<<One concrete example of Intel's failure to negotiate in good faith was its treatment of AMD's Quad Pixel Display Manager (QPDM), a graphics chip. Although Intel promised in 1984 to accept the QPDM from AMD provided the parties agreed on its specifications, the arbitrator found Intel made no actual attempt to negotiate the remaining differences as to specifications. Instead, partly in order to avoid having both to give AMD the 80386 and to eliminate royalties on other products, Intel summarily rejected the QPDM. In doing so, the arbitrator found, Intel breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing as well as "its implied covenant to negotiate reasonably to further the goals of the relationship between the parties ...."