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To: tcmay who wrote (136803)	6/6/2001 4:48:02 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 186894

TC, RE:"Use the Web, Luke!" Don't need to, one of my former professions was a Biologist. Just as you were an Engineer. RE:"Yes, I think AMD in its current form fits the definition of a parasite: parasite " • an animal or plant living in or on an organism of another species (its host), obtaining from it part or all of its organic nutriment, and commonly exhibiting some degree of adaptive structural modification. The host is typically, but not always, harmed by the presence of the parasite; it never benefits from this presence." ---- There are a number of symbiotic relationships. Amensalism, commensalism, mutualism and predator-prey relationships. The later used to be refered to as "parasitic". The key is relationship? Do AMD and Intel actually have a relationship or do they merely compete for the same food resources? This is where your "parasitic" arguement fails. Intel is not the host and AMD is not the parasite. Take the Rambus-Intel relationship. This originally started out as as "mutualism", a direct relationship were both parties obtain benefit but has evolved through "commensalism" where one benefits and the other in unaffected to a "predator-prey" (parasitic) relationship when Rambus benefits and Intel is "mostly" harmed. The Lawyer in some cases is an even better example. Jim