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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (4139)	2/1/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

Kevin - Re: "at least have the dignity to practice what you preach." I did just that - I stated my analysis would be a "back of the envelope calculation" and I stated my assumptions AS ASSUMPTIONS. You stated your opinion as conclusions. Then you contradicted yourself in successive posts - your error, Kevin- don't use me as a scapegoat just because I called you on it. Re: "what kind of contract is industry standard" What is typical is that a buyer will initiate a purchase order which will be accepted (or not) by a supplier. The PO will generally specify quantity and price and a delivery schedule of when and at what rate they expect to receive the product being ordered. If accepted, the suppplier is contractually obligated to meet the terms of the P.O. HOWEVER, it is common in the industry fot a buyer to call up his supplier and cancel/delay receipt of orders and the selling company generally just "eats it" - although grounds for legal remedy, it is generally considered a bad idea to sue a customer. CyberMAX, on the other hand, is the Customer. Why they went to the extent of publishing a public Press Release is quite pertinent. Perhaps they are considering all their options. Of course their easiest option - which I am sure they are pursuing - is to give ol' Intel a call. I'm sure Intel can keep the fabs open a little longer to help out such a needy ex-AMD customer! In fact, If I was Intel, I would schedule a gala press event with Andy Grove flying to Allentown, PA to personally deliver a batch of Intel Pentium MMX 266 MHz and present them, with photographers photographing , to the CyberMAX President. APpropriate handshakes would be exchanged along with a congenial and warm "hug" between the savior (Andy) and the Savee (CyberMAX). ALL this would be accompanied by 6 dancing "bunny people" in their brightly attired glossy bunny suits that we have come to know and love as a symbol for honesty and integrity and performance in high technology manufacturing. Paul