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To: stribe30 who wrote (123772)	9/12/2000 2:18:31 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1580256

As for the Rambus rebate.. I dont know why it would blow you away.. Intel knows RDRAM is still more expensive then SDRAM and also faces a skeptical user community who doesnt think much of its claims of performace vs conventional SDRAM, and who a large portionof the community wouldnt bother with anyhow due to their oposition to Rambus and its perceived monopoly tactics of trying to force RDRAM down everyone's throat. Scott I guess I saw it as an incredible admission on the part of Intel. In years past, Intel pretty much dictated to the markets what would and would not happen in the pc chip world. For them to take this step re RMBS signals a change from their prior positioning and a loss of power. Though we knew things had changed, I am not sure the rest of the world saw it the same way. The rebate program lets the world know that the changes are for real. ted

To: stribe30 who wrote (123772)	9/12/2000 2:20:59 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 1580256

stribe30, on the topic of a certain alleged memory company, I was amused by the discussion the last news blurb touched off at Aces. Kudos to Johan and Brian for quick work on the "next in thread" button. I just can't believe it...do they really believe that they can actually earn money by pissing people off?? Their products are inferior, expensive, marketed by doctored benchmarks and shoved down our throats by Intel. They aren't making friends in the industry either. In two years we're going to look back on this laughing. I find it entertaining enough already. That was the start, most of the thread expressed similar opinions, though there was one SI-style Rambus flack in the bunch. I will refrain from posting the link lest another "carlb@inqst.com" show up there. Cheers, Dan.