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To: Windsock who wrote (125724)	1/21/2001 5:01:59 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: What a remarkably detailed interpretation you have. Yep, I'm willing to use my imagination - but this scenario (that Intel pressured Micron to get out of the chipset business) is almost certainly true. Intel not only pressured, but flat out sued VIA, SiS, and Ali for making chipsets that supported Intel processors at 133MHZ FSB, and those suits weren't dropped until the rambus fiasco left Intel desperate for working chipsets for P3. And those suits were filed while Intel was still under investigation by the FTC. Intel hates to see anyone else innovate on the PC platform. Intel has an extensive track record of trying to quash non-Intel progress on anything related to PCs. Intel may feel that it is better to keep control centralized. There is an argument to be made for Intel having a right to deny anyone else in the industry permission to build chipsets to support IBM compatible PCs - since most once used Intel compatible processors. As I've posted before, those days are now gone. Regards, Dan