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To: Paul Engel who wrote (6708)	6/25/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Paul, A serviceable tool costs more than an el cheapo Taiwan one, but a lot less than a platinum coated on. The job and the tools should be matched. The old saw of any job worth doing is worth doing well is not correct. There are differences between sweeping a warehouse floor and an operating theater floor. I expect a cursory job to keep the floor dollyable if dusty in the warehouse and I expect an immaculate floor in the OR. In the same way Intel is finding that they have outstripped the need for their products as older cheaper chips and software seem to work quite well. The web can be well served by a fairly slow machine, so I expect the broad cheap market will expand the upper market will nichify. Already game players are selecting the K63D for their games purchases, Darwin style, buying the most cost effective part. I do not see Intel failing any time soon, but I see a scattered market where AND will do quite well. Many offices will not upgrade past a Pentium or AMD chip as there is no need for it and loads of cheap chips and systems at the loe end. Like calculators have split and there will be markets for fast big ones as well as the cheapos, like 4 function calculators with memory for $3.95 sold by the millions. Bill Bill