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To: crazyoldman who wrote (106160)	4/17/2000 12:09:00 AM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1575709

Crazyoldman, > There was a time in my life I would have believed this, but I'm not so sure now. Piper Jaffrey has had ample observation time with Kumar. Kumar has cost Piper Jaffrey lost business, and his customers have missed opportunities. Kumar is way out of line with anything I've seen from any other brokerage house during my lifetime. Seems to me it's a no brainer to get rid of him if they wanted to. Nine months ago I thought Kumar's mouth would take him out but he's still there. Well, we can hope for the best. As for a protest...I'm ready. > I agree with your assessment of Ashok Kumar. He doesn't sound like an Analyst. In the article where he called "AMD a clown company" (in response to few concerns expressed by some Analysts on Intel, after AMD's guidance at that time) - he not only badmouthed a company ( I haven't seen any Analyst calling a company names), he also chided other analysts for believing AMD's guidance. This to me like he is in on some kind of crusade to malign AMD. In the past several Analysts used to express doubts even after AMD positive guidances, but lately they have stopped doing it, except Kumar. I strongly believe, his current position is just a disguise to propagate Intel's FUD in the press with more credibility. IMHO, Intel is more afraid of AMD share price going higher than the products that AMD has in its pipeline. In the past the doubts expressed by many analysts have clear signature of Intel FUD on them. The doubts were also similar to the FUD spewed here on this message board. My question to the thread is, what exactly is Intel afraid of if AMD share price goes high? What are the disadvantages of higher AMD share price (from Intel perspective)? Goutama