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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (67460)	1/9/2002 2:49:49 PM
From: peter_luc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Tenchusatsu, "When was Intel's mission ever to "crush AMD"?" I - and probably many others - remember very well the days when Intel suddenly slashed the prices of the Celeron A and thereby almost drove AMD out of the business. If the Athlon had not been ready just in time, AMD would not exist today. The slashing of the prices of the Celeron A did also quite some damage to Intel itself because many people knew that the Celeron A was almost as fast as the Pentium II flagship. Therefore, Intel sacrificed a lot of Pentium II sales and freely accepted lower overall margins. I think that it was apparent at that time that Intel's main (or even only) goal was to "crush AMD". That's the reason why I fear Intel a lot because they could easily try to do the same again as soon as they will have another opportunity. Maybe the extreme slashing of the Pentium IV prices last year had the same intention. And Intel may have succeeded if AMD had not invented the QuantiSpeed rating. Peter

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (67460)	1/9/2002 3:01:23 PM
From: heatsinker2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Tench- When was Intel's mission ever to "crush AMD"? The mission of all companies is to make lots of money. The most efficient way to make lots of money is to operate with no competitors, or weak competitors. Therefore, it is strongly in Intel's interest to turn AMD into a weak competitor by weakening AMD financially. This was Intel's failure in 2001, a big failure. It's not about crushing AMD so that Barrett and the boys can brag at the country club, it's about making money. This is known as the free enterprise system. Seems brutal on paper, but works out OK in practice.