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To: Ibexx who wrote (51551)	3/29/1998 9:25:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ibexx, >>>Trust me, dear Mary, a technically trained person in general makes a better CEO for a high tech company than a sales person or an accountant would--not being chauvinistic here either. <<< You are not going to get an argument from me. It is lot easier for a technical guy to learn business than it is for a business guy to learn the technical stuff. But the technical guy has to become a business person. In other words, he has to be able to focus on broader issues and get away from obsessing over minutia. Let the technical lifer do the obsessing over the details. He has to learn to delegate and not to micro manage. But, the toughest thing for a technical guy is to develop charisma - that is sometimes needed to get the troops marching just by snapping your fingers and without having to explain everything to the nth degree. But I agree. I would rather have a guy with full command of the technical details who has changed his focus to the business end rather than some marketing guy trying to manage a technology company who will never develop a full grasp of the technical details. Ibemary

To: Ibexx who wrote (51551)	3/29/1998 9:28:00 PM
From: Sonny McWilliams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ibexx. Thanks for the article. Was or is A. Grove a sales person or an accountant? gg. It's interesting how Drew Peck knows what's best for Intel. I have listened to several interviews and it was my impression that it was A. Grove's idea to promote C. Barrett. As A. Grove put it: I have been Intel's CEO for 11 years and now C. Barrett's time has come to take that job. The way I got it, A. Grove wants to work for the greater good of Intel, like in big picture. gg. He said he wants more time to do the things for Intel he thinks need doing. You would think those analyst's did not listen to A. Grove and think he had to be replaced. Anyhow, as long as A. Grove thinks that C. Barrett is good for Intel I would think we would feel the same way. I know I do. I sure wish A. Grove would move out of his little cubicle and get a better place to work. I am sure we all think that he deserves it? Sonny