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To: semiconeng who wrote (164356)	4/20/2002 9:37:45 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

"I don't think that Bill Gates can announce support of Hammer now, even if he wanted to. It would make it look like Bill bought Jerry's testimony with Windows support, and would certainly damage Microsoft's case." On the other hand, if Microsoft were to announce support for the (now hypothetical) Yamhill instructions, and not announce support for Hammer, it will raise the spectre of some sort of quid pro quo deal between Intel and Microsoft...

To: semiconeng who wrote (164356)	4/20/2002 3:28:48 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 186894

Semi, Re: "I don't think that Bill Gates can announce support of Hammer now, even if he wanted to. It would make it look like Bill bought Jerry's testimony with Windows support, and would certainly damage Microsoft's case." What does it matter whether support is "announced" or not. Jerry gave the impression during his testimony that there are already several hundred engineers porting the OS. Whether it gets announced tomorrow or next year shouldn't make a difference, except PR wise. wbmw