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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Green who wrote (86256)	5/6/2003 3:30:16 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

One smear after another with no factual basis to support the smear job. It is interesting that this market is now fully discounting the the news media as this case develops. It no longer believes the propaganda put out by the complaint council and the memory makers. The stock price has been climbing. The FTC is against all reason going down a path that may well lead to its destruction. Its credibility has been destroyed in my eyes and its motives called into question by its own biased actions in attempting to try a case already decided by the CAFC on the very same issues. The FTC is hoping to get something on Rambus. They are trying to get something. But all they have is a warmed over fraud case that was rejected by the CAFC. The question is why? Rambus is a small intellectual property company. It is very similar to QCOM which went through a difficult period before it won its patent cases and became a leader in the industry. The notion that Rambus could control the memory industry is ludicrous. In fact, they are seeking to collect royalties on patents awarded by the US PTO. They make nothing and they set no prices. RAMBUS actions in defense of their intellectual property are within the scope of their obligations to their shareholders and their legitimate business interests. I have been following this case from the beginning. All my original perceptions about this case have been borne out by the subsequent fact finding. JEDEC members ripped off Rambus IP in making both the SDRAM and DDR memories. They knew from the beginning what they were stealing. they hoped to get away with it. In addition, they tried to copy the RDRAM memory that RAMBUS was advocating. This latter effort was aborted after Rambus informed them of likely patent problems with Rdram. It was even apparent in the early parts of this dispute that there was an organized propaganda campaign against Rambus. Now, we have evidence that shows that indeed this was the case. It is a sad period in american business.