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To: Joe NYC who wrote (40060)	11/11/1997 7:25:00 PM
From: Fred Fahmy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Joe, <This bug is a step back. It is a loss of credibility.> Certainly, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. IMO, the "bug" is a non-event and has done nothing to damage Intel's credibility. This "bug" has existed since the very beginning of the Pentium program and yet not one example has been provided where it has come into play in a real life situation. IMO, the only ones losing credibility are those trying to hype this "bug" as something earth shaking. FF

To: Joe NYC who wrote (40060)	11/11/1997 7:33:00 PM
From: JPR	Respond to of 186894

Joe: <<This bug is a step back. It is a loss of credibility. Let's see if Intel can regain it.>> Chip on Shoulder or is it Chimp on shoulder? I am not a technical person. There is no use talking to me about chips the way you know it. But I have an idea as to what it does in my daily life. Let me give you an example of what I know in a limited way. Chips are in many ways similar to DNA in the genes, yours , mine and every body else. No DNA sequence is perfect. No chip is perfect. No genes - No life. No chip - no modern life as we know it. We can as well go back to the caves. Genes and chips have bugs. Mutations, deletions, duplications, translocations, inversions and breaks are some of the bugs that afflict the genes. You would not and could not throw away the defective genes. That will amount to termination of life. It is my understanding that life, as we know it, cannot be created without some defective genes. All of us have defective genes. Some are important. Some are not important. Some show and some don't show in the form of disease. You would not throw away a person, because that person has defective genes. You would like to find a fix to overcome the defect, if possible. You live with that defect. Eg: Diabetes and insulin. Coming to credibility of a company that manufactured the chips. How come you are questioning the credibility of a man-made company, that manufactured chips, where defects could not be avoided, no matter how hard one tries? Would you consider blaming one's putative parents for passing on the defective gene to the offspring?. Or if you believe in God, would you consider blaming Him for all the badly designed genes and their products? I can go on. But I will stop here. Paul

To: Joe NYC who wrote (40060)	11/12/1997 7:02:00 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Joe,>>>This bug is a step back. It is a loss of credibility. Let's see if Intel can regain it.<<< You can fool some of the some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time... as the saying goes, I think. As an Intel investor, I see a silver linning. If after billions of hours of use, and unknown number of hours of destructive testing by hackers, and other malacious sorts, the only serious problems that Intel Processors are known to have are the FPU, FIST, and F0 BUG, it is no wonder then that INTEL is the standard by which not only technology but everything else is judged for excellence. I am an investor. I am not a cheerleader. I will go where the money takes me. I am pretty much an average investor. I come here(SI)to keep track of my investment(s) - I'm doing personal due diligence. If you want to win me over, don't tell me how smart you are, and how stupid everyone one else are - tell me where there are better investments (synonomous with company). You will have no credibility with me if you tell me that Intel is a lousy company. It's like telling me that Cindy Crawford is not beautiful. She may not do anything for me and I may be jealouse of her good looks, but most people in this world (men and women alike) will say she is beautiful. Also, for Cindy Crawford to be considered beautiful, doesn't mean that Tyra (sp?)Banks has to be called ugly. They have to compete for jobs also. I think I might have digressed here just a liitle, but let me return to the issue of Intel getting back it's credibility that you have raised. I think, that for most people, after the dust settles, Intel will again be raised to the level of conciousness and people will say what a great company this is. If only my Mont Blanc, Rolex, Mercedes, et al had as few bugs and were as reliable, life... If only SE Asia could get its sh*t together.... If only Tom Kurlak .... If AG would keep interest rates..... If wishes were horses, ...... Regards, Mary Cluney