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To: Petz who wrote (252260)5/21/2008 9:22:54 PM
From: Elmer PhudRespond to of 275872
 
AMD claims several OEMs were pressured into not attending the Opteron launch or to not produce Opteron products. These include IBM, NEC, Supermicro, MSI, Atipa, Solectron and Fujitsu-Siemens.

Ask yourself, "What's the chance that all these tales are fibs?

Intel also pressured the Russians, Chinese, Indians and the entire continent of Africa. They all crumbled under Intel's demands...



To: Petz who wrote (252260)5/21/2008 9:35:20 PM
From: TenchusatsuRespond to of 275872
 
Petz, > Ask yourself, "What's the chance that all these tales are fibs?"

Given AMD's credibility, I'd say the chance that most of them are fibs is pretty high.

Tenchusatsu



To: Petz who wrote (252260)5/22/2008 1:30:53 AM
From: wbmwRespond to of 275872
 
Re: Ask yourself, "What's the chance that all these tales are fibs?

You might have a point. It's not like AMD has ever fibbed before, have they...?

Those incidents where they reiterated revenue guidances 2 weeks before reporting record losses don't count.


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