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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (154919)	1/11/2002 8:29:59 PM
From: Charles Gryba	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

wbmw, you are way off on this one. No one is arguing that Intel is probably the best in the semi industry when it comes to supporting its customers. All I am saying is that AMD is considered a semi powerhouse ( even though it's tiny compared to Intel ). It's also a very well regarded company. Gone are the days when AMD was a little cloner. Sorry. C

To: wanna_bmw who wrote (154919)	1/11/2002 11:00:33 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Beamer - Re: ". AMD is pushing their market share gains without growing as a company. It's simply not sustainable." Excellent point. Moreover, AMD is actually SHRINKING as a company. They sold off their programmable logic division - Vantas. They sold off their communications division - Legerity. They just shut down 2 wafer fabs. They laid off 25% of their work force. The SOLD their headquarters building to generate cash - and now they have to live in rented buildings. Jerry's Chauffeur did not get laid off. Jerry's Limousine did not get sold. Jerry withdrew $2,000,000 of shareholder money and gave it away - to his alma mater ! Paul