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To: Bobby who wrote (1337)	11/5/1997 10:06:00 PM
From: ED PLOPA	Respond to of 60323

Bobby: <<while having the ability of locking them out, or at least holding them hostage.>> << That would defeat the purpose IMO. The rest of the equipment providers would just gang up with INTC and come up with a competing standard. SNDK best bet would be to be independent , manufacture as much as they can and collect royalties on what they do not have the capacity to manufacture. >> Perhaps, but that would put the "have nots" six to nine months behind the marketing curve. In this industry that's an entire product cycle. Besides INTC doesn't have that degree of technology yet or they wouldn't be sitting idly by during this "watershed" announcement. Ed Plopa