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To: Elmer Phud who wrote (259513)	4/7/2009 1:25:26 AM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Tenchu - I believe that Intel has been quite clear that none of the contracts require that the customer use Intel products exclusively. A large rebate on some portion of the last 10 or 20% of an OEM's chip volumes may not be an explicit requirement of exclusivity, but could certainly constitute a strong implicit requirement, based on the economics of (and alternatives to) accepting vs. not accepting the chips+rebate. fpg

To: Elmer Phud who wrote (259513)	4/7/2009 6:44:09 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: I believe that Intel has been quite clear that none of the contracts require that the customer use Intel products exclusively LOL!!! Bill Clinton must be Intel's lawyer: "It all depends of what the definition of "require" requires. Intel's contracts have been designed to penalize companies that use AMD products in a given segment - and those companies (that don't have Intel's monopoly profits to subsidize them) then have to compete with the companies that haven't been penalized by Intel. Does that "require" that they use Intel products exclusively in those segments? Not if they don't mind going out of business, so Intel claims there's no "requirement."