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To: AK2004 who wrote (47984)	7/17/2001 12:50:24 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Albert, "...because that would be against dell policy" Ok, Dell is a somewhat special entity. But Compaq, IBM, HP, all are using AMD in some lines but not in business lines. Why? Because they also have policies, and the policies are based not only on politics, but also on technical merits of the product line, including software perspectives, compatibility and support, hardware and driver compatibility, supply stability, and perspectives of product evolution. Even if all of that is competitive, what an OEM systems engineering could report to management if the thing become flaky with more than two sticks of memory, or works only with certain sticks but not with others, or does not wake up from a sleep state without hanging or subtle data corruption? Or does not boot first time when cold? To "break in" as you say, AMD needs to provide an exceptionally stable platform. Simply good is not good enough. It seems like many did not get this concept right yet. Regards, - Ali