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To: Paul Engel who wrote (897)	7/16/2000 4:54:38 AM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 275872

Paul, >Jeff Weitzen - CEO of Gateway - went out of his way to publicly lambaste Intel to the news media - over and over again - blaming Intel as the cause for Gateway NOT meeting their Q4/1999 sales and earnings goals. GTW CEO and its board of Directors have fiduciary responsibility towards its shareholders - not to Intel. So, when Intel screwed up and was unable to meet GTW's CPU needs, GTW had to tell its shareholders like the way it happened. >Corporate executives must be a little wary that IF they buy business PCs/Servers/etc., from Gateway, and eventually have to cut back such orders, they open themselves up to Gateway BASHING THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS when they need an excuse for NOT making any future sales and/or earnings estimates. It's Intel that screwed up one of its customers - not GTW. I believe you got your logic reversed here. Corporations easily spot sleaze practices - and AVOID THEM* - and I think Gateway's SLEAZE is coming home to roost - witness their CONTINUAL DECLINING sales to BUSINESSes !* Are you starting a smear campaign against GTW? Are you calling for Corporations to boycott GTW by saying "Avoid Them"? Your calling GTW CEO's disclosure of the truth to its shareholders SLEAZE is in-appropriate. Goutama .