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To: Scott Maxwell who wrote (70915)	4/25/2001 3:01:59 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Scott> One thing I can "testify" to from personal knowledge: the idea that he would participate in a scheme to rip off and patent a standard for profit is so bizarre that it discredits any other arguments Infineon makes. Thousands of students who have studied with him would agree. Money and Power can cause people to do bizarre things. Remember Brilliant Bill Clinton a fellow who made his rabid followers believe, by looking the other direction. Don

To: Scott Maxwell who wrote (70915)	4/25/2001 5:55:43 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

"the idea that he would participate in a scheme to rip off and patent a standard for profit is so bizarre that it discredits any other arguments Infineon makes." Really? BTW, Mark was not the only guy in the company. There were few others, including Tate, Davidov, and Borovoy. Also, have you read R.Crisp's revellations from JEDEC? A small part can be found here: Message 15714482 More, the whole invention thingy looks fishy from the very beginning. From the FHager.com reporting: "While teaching at Stanford, Dr. Horowitz consulted with a number of companies, one of which was MIPS Technology, where he met Mike Farmwald. In 1988, he and Mike got together to discuss a concept Mike had been working on, and while Mark admitted he was somewhat skeptical of whether or not the technology would work, the more he thought about it, the more he was convinced Mike was on to something that could be rather compelling. " So, as an employee of Stanford, Dr. Horovitz "the more he thought about it" during his working time, the more he was convinced that the Mike's idea (the rights to which must belong to Mike's employer MIPS Tech) was something... Interesting. "While in Chicago, Dr. Farmwald was given permission to spend time pursuing this idea in his free time, and he spent nights and weekends in the patent archives at the university searching for prior art." It would be interesting to see that "permission" from the UChicago... So, technically speaking, the true owners of Rambus patents must be the MIPS Technology, University of Illinois, and Stanford University, whichever percentage ownership they may have agreed upon. Funny. They probably are waiting to sue if Rambus manages to shake off some serious money that are worth legal troubles...