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To: Frodo Baxter who wrote (2793)	3/12/1998 2:53:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Respond to of 9256

I sense a contentious spirit within you. Is this your normal self or directed at me in particular? PX P.S. One word. Celeron.

To: Frodo Baxter who wrote (2793)	3/12/1998 3:00:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Respond to of 9256

Re: Intel standards; Industry concentration; Barking PCI is a good example. AGP isn't really a standard insofar as only Intel chipsets use it. I surely hope USB becomes an honest-to-god standard, and not a pseudo-standard nightmare like SCSI. SDRAM - is that Intel? Firewire is surely not Intel, I was under the impression that it originated with Apple. You said: Intel has as much ability to dictate modem standards as Microsoft has of which web pages I decide to browse. I'll have to disagree with you there. They seem to have ignored that whole conflict. They could have made SOME effort to get the lay of the land and pull for one or the other. Heck they even use to make modems. You said: the prospect of barking at my computer fills me with ennui. Have you ever actually tried it, Lawrence? PX