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To: Scumbria who wrote (112052)	10/2/2000 2:31:42 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Of course Intel has their friend Rambus waiting in the wings to sue AMD, no doubt announcing the lawsuit minutes after the earnings announcement. I'm sorry but I have a dissenting opinion in this regard. I think you are absolutely full of sh*t. The lawsuit will be announced minutes BEFORE the AMD earnings announcement. THE WATSONYOUTH

To: Scumbria who wrote (112052)	10/2/2000 12:25:06 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

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To: Scumbria who wrote (112052)	10/2/2000 3:04:13 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

SCUMbria - Re: "Because Rambus and Intel are highly ethical companies. " Can't speak for Rambus, but the FTC thinks Intel is very highly ethical: URL: cbs.marketwatch.com FTC closes 3-year case on Intel By Deborah Adamson, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 1:51 PM ET Sep 26, 2000 NewsWatch Latest headlines SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- On the heels of a favorable legal development for Microsoft, Intel, the second company in the dominant Wintel alliance, said Tuesday that government regulators have closed their investigation into the chipmaker's business practices. The Federal Trade Commission had opened a case against Intel in September 1997, covering all aspects of Intel's business, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said. Like Microsoft (MSFT: news, msgs), Intel (INTC: news, msgs) overwhelmingly dominates its market. The FTC had estimated that Intel holds 80 percent of its industry's sales. The FTC also looked into any possible anti-competitive impact on the graphic components or other computer hardware markets resulting from Intel's purchase of Chips and Technologies Inc. in 1998 and an investment in Real3D in 1997, the chipmaker said. "We're very gratified by the result. We cooperated fully with FTC's investigation. Over that time, we provided millions of pages of documents and emails ... and access to scores of employees and executives," said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy. "We believe and have said all along that Intel is a lawful and ethical company." It is the second time in the past decade that the FTC has conducted a broad investigation into Intel's business practices, he said. However, the outcomes in both cases were the same, the spokesman added. The investigation's closing is a welcome development during a tough few days for Intel. Last week, the chipmaker said it wouldn't meet revenue expectations in the third quarter due to slowing European sales. The stock slid 22 percent on the news. FTC spokesman Mitch Katz confirmed that the agency has closed its case on Intel. In a letter to Intel's chief executive Craig Barrett, FTC Bureau of Competition Director Richard Parker said that "upon further review of this matter, it now appears that no further action is warranted by the Commission at this time." The FTC, which had called Intel a monopolist in the past, indicated in the letter that it sought to determine whether Intel had "engaged in unfair methods of competition." While the FTC was conducting its three-year investigation, it also looked into a dispute involving three of Intel's customers. In June 1998, Intel was accused of "illegally using its market power" by denying three corporate clients continuing access to advance technical information and product samples needed to develop computer systems based on Intel's chips, the agency said. The FTC asserted that Intel did so in retaliation of the companies' seeking to protect or assert patent rights in microprocessor-related technologies or refusing to license such rights to Intel. The case was settled in March 1999. Shares of Intel were off slightly, down 1 to $44.38 in recent trading.

To: Scumbria who wrote (112052)	10/2/2000 3:07:29 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

SCUMbria - Re: 'Because Rambus and Intel are highly ethical companies. ' So...you are in DENIAL about AMD's hyper-power consumption and their loss of the notebook market to Intel's superior Pentium III technology. Go ahead - deny it. But when you look for a good notebook computer with a 600 MHz - or higher CPU in it - you will have a 99% probability of finding your favorite Intel Inside Logo - on the outside ! Better beat on "Six-Figure-Hector" to get that low power Muskrat out of the labs and into the notebook market ! Paul