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To: tecate78732 who wrote (229970)	4/14/2007 8:34:24 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: And it's also quite possible there will be no billions for AMD [from the lawsuit] No argument here. Without all evidence being presented we know only... Speak for yourself. I had opteron systems on order from Appro that relied upon solectron motherboards. Appro had engineered the systems using samples from Solectron. AMD put a lot of their limited resources into supporting Solectron to be the main provider of Opteron boards at the launch. The boards were tested and ready. Shortly before the systems were to ship, I was told that "Intel demanded that Solectron not ship any Opteron motherboards." We had to wait for an MSI substitute to be qualified. The MSI board had fewer memory slots and resulted in a less attractive system. The opteron launch, and therefore the perception of reliability of Opteron as a platform, suffered a significant setback due to Intel's gangster tactics. If Opteron had been able to get market traction 1 year earlier where would AMD be today? If you liked Pepsi and it disappeared from the shelves of your local stores because Coke had used threats to stop deliveries, would you be happy? Or would you be mad at Coke? Do you think that Coke threatening truck drivers who deliver Pepsi is legal? Do you think it should be legal? What would you think of Coke if they did that?