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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kirk © who wrote (8889)	2/13/2004 11:23:04 AM
From: Big Bucks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Kirk, Chinese businessmen have no scruples about copying products and selling them. The enforcement of IP rights in China, as a condition of belonging to the WTO, is a sham. Why innovate when you can steal the IP and manufacture a clone. By the time the law is eventually enforced the company has made millions and just closes its' doors, out of business. No compensation paid, millions made, and bribes to officials to look the other way. Business as usual. There is a chance that the old Cyrix chip was a model for an upgraded processor. The Chinese don't want to pay western prices for technology, they tend to buy older technology and push it to get more performance. BB