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To: steve harris who wrote (4735)	8/12/2000 10:37:57 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Steve, Bring back proprietary hardware Didn't Apple try that a few years back? Scumbria

To: steve harris who wrote (4735)	8/12/2000 12:12:21 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 275872

steve, I have always considered Intel supporting Rambus a plan to "corner" a part of the hardware. Bring back proprietary hardware if you will. I couldn't agree more. I think you have the pointyhair managers on one side of Intel and the Dilbert-like engineers on the other. Intel used to be run by the engineers, but the pointyhair manager types have taken over - and you see the results. Most of the technology initiatives we have seen from Intel are half baked ideas, starting with MMX, ATX, AGP, USB, Rambus, EPIC, SSE, SSE2. Granted, the SSEx may at some point achieve a level of stability of spec and completeness that it will actually start to be used, and there may have been some initiatives that worked, the betting average is abysmal, and the consumer should see every acronym for what it is - attempt to corner the market and screw the consumers. Joe

To: steve harris who wrote (4735)	8/12/2000 6:34:01 PM
From: Goutam	Respond to of 275872

Steve, <I have always considered Intel supporting Rambus a plan to "corner" a part of the hardware. Bring back proprietary hardware if you will. I speculate that Merced, with a completely new programming language, came from that same line of thinking. It may not be the best solution, but if we can get it working first, it may be the future. Because of that, Sledgehammer has potential. > Exactly. It's once impeccable dominating position led to Microchannel mentality, and hence created a great window of opportunity for AMD. Goutama