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To: Kealoha who wrote (39960)	11/11/1997 12:25:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Kealoha, re :"hope all these MORONS who think this "bug" is a big deal short INTC BIG TIME. They deserve to lose their last cent." Bugs like this are found in mission critical system 390 and other large scale computers to which companies like Ford, Daimler Benz, AT&T, EDS, and other multi-billion dollar companies commit their entire operations. And, there are cases in which they're found years after first customer ship. There is no recall. The problems are fixed almost always by microcode patches. \nnn/ (Hawaii peace sign?????????) Tony

To: Kealoha who wrote (39960)	11/11/1997 1:02:00 PM
From: James A. Shankland	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul: I hope all these MORONS who think this "bug" is a big deal short INTC BIG TIME. They deserve to lose their last cent. Thanks for today's chuckle. Evidently INTC arouses strong enough emotions in people that they are willing to throw fact to the winds. Remember: you're in this to make money (right?), not to cheerlead for a company you've fallen in love with. It is a bug, by any accepted definition of the word. It's not that big a deal for INTC, since tons of its CPUs get used to run Windoze '95, where it doesn't matter as much. But Pentiums also get used in multi-user, production environments, where security and reliability matter a lot. A bug that allows any malevolent process to halt the whole system, and that has no workaround, is kind of a big deal in these environments. Remember, the FP bug was never going to affect anyone but the tiniest minority of Pentium users. But when INTC took that position, they got creamed. We'll see what happens this time. There is much room for reasonable people to have differences of opinion on these matters. On the other hand, disputing matters of fact, and thinking of those whose opinions differ from yours as "MORONS" who "deserve to lose their last cent", does not reflect well on you; more important, it can lead to poor investment decisions.