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To: John Stopforth who wrote (59687)	10/22/2001 11:12:54 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

John, Re: <Is Intel retaining too large an amount of Goodwill? Are they amortizing it at a reasonable rate...?> I don't really see where it would make a lot of difference for a company like INTC. It's not like they're about to go bankrupt.As such, I would think they should write it off as fast as legally possible for the tax benefit. I can see where a company dependent on goodwill value for the largest part of stockholder equity might want to go slow, but in the INTC case you've $35B of Stockholder Equity of which only $5B is goodwill. Not a lot, IMO, for a company that's been buying IntellectualProperty companies. But that whole subject is so far from any expertise on my part I've got to add BWDIK!! tgptndr