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To: Scumbria who wrote (33687)	3/27/2001 12:45:25 PM
From: Epinephrine	Respond to of 275872

<IBM's PC division was buying processors exclusively from Intel, even when they could manufacture their own Cyrix parts at 1/4 the cost.> Scumbria, I obviously can't speak for IBM's thought processes but I can say that if I had a bunch of wafers of Cyrix chips that I could not sell because the vendors that were selling Cyrix systems couldn't sell the systems and thus create a need for more then I would definitely be hesitant to spend the development costs to create my own line of unsellable systems. if I couldn't sell the systems then it wouldn't make much difference if I got the chips cheaper because I was the manufacturer would it? Especially if I couldn't recoup systems development and validation costs. Not saying I certainly wouldn't do it but I might not and I certainly would be hesitant, I would also understand anyone who chose not to and wouldn't necessarily attribute malicious or unethical intentions to them. Regards, Epinephrine PS: this message is slightly edited

To: Scumbria who wrote (33687)	3/27/2001 12:50:05 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

My impression of IBM is that they have great technology but are prone to "play it safe" rather than risk failure. OS/2 was a great OS and could have grabbed 1/2 the market if IBM quickly responded to make it WIN32 compatible and bothered to market it or actively invested in their Lotus division rather than treat it as a cash cow. I think their culture, except in their labs, is the antithesis of AMD's, where "betting the farm" happened twice in the last five years. If "playing it safe" is the IBM culture, its fine for their major profit center, which is service and systems support. Petz