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To: jim kelley who wrote (47786)	7/25/2000 6:25:20 PM
From: Estephen	Respond to of 93625

Via doesn't have a license for ddr or pc100/133 from rambus. And unlike intel, as Rambus has demonstrated, should an oem, like micron computor or compaq, use via componets, they will be slapped w/ a lawsuit also. Anybody want to by via parts ? Not w/o a license. While Intel did not go after OEMs (original equip manuf.)who were using Via chipsets last year, Rambus can and likely will do so to protect their income potential. Intel, who was losing market share to AMD last year likely did not want to strain relations with OEMs, and let the issue lie. Rambus has less to lose by imposing their restrictions on OEMs. This is what happened with Sega and Hitachi, and the issue was settled when Hitachi came to terms with Rambus. (from fred hager report).