To: Road Walker who wrote (125200 ) 1/17/2001 10:58:18 AM From: Amy J Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894 Hi John, RE: "Other sequentially went from 19.4% of revenues to 21.3% of revenues. Other's sequential loss went from 36.9% of other's revenue to 40% of other's revenue. The effect of other's loss of $741 million is about 10 cents per share this quarter, say 40 cents a share annualized. At 20 times earnings, that's eight bucks, or about 20%-25% of Intel's stock price (depending on if you are looking at gross or net %). ...The point I'm trying to make is that "other" is a very, very important part of the value of Intel as a company. An argument could be made that it is the most important, because it is the most significant variable." --------------------------- Agreed. Intel sounds like it's doing "okay" in the network business. Intel's online services do not please me yet, Intel's "other" buyouts don't please me yet (the one a couple of days ago had almost no profit and on way too many employees on little revenue ~1,200 employees, $250k revenue/employee; and the other buyout sounds like it's turning into a Chips & Tech because it appears they incorrectly assumed the Intel channel would generate ST sales on its own accord). I'd give Intel the following grades: Manufacturing/Process/Fabs: A+ Mobile: A+ Server: A+ (Xeon, etc.) Desktop: A- Network: B Investments: C+ (This assumes the figures posted on the AMD thread are actually correct - I would have given Investments an A if I hadn't seen the AMD post with figures on these. Grade relative to other VC firms, not measured by today's stock market conditions.) Comms: C Online: C Buyouts: C Understanding Sales channels of all buyouts (ST, LT): D, C+ Understanding technology of all buyouts: B I wouldn't consider "C" a passing grade. "Other" is large (> 20% of revenue). Is the loss of $741MM due to MNA or operational loss? Regards, Amy J