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To: Paul Engel who wrote (57411)	6/7/1998 6:56:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, <failure to understand volume pricing. ..Compaq probably purchases 2.7 million CPUS/quarter...> <You need to think BIG.> Paul, Paul, your excuse is lame. Your power of deduction is truly exceptional. Just few "little" things you failed to link: 1. Compaq and Dell do not sell through "pricewatch"; 2. When going down to the chain, the CPU price DOES NOT DROP (due to markup for each stage, in case you didn't know), IT GROWS UP; 3. In case if it does not, it means inventory problem, as you might suspect. Or just the source is a BS. However, you have a few more lines of defence. You could claim these underpriced MMX-233 as a re-labelled MMX-166, or claim that the article was talking about the mobile variants, or blame communists for making bootleg chips (this would be your best!). You need to be more creative to keep your job and your worth.