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To: Paul Engel who wrote (36031)	8/15/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572942

Come on, Paul. Intel has no use for that DEC fab. After all, Intel is delaying their Fort Worth fab because they currently have excess .25u capacity. Why would Intel possibly want DEC's outdated fab in an environment where they already have a glut of capacity on their hands? techweb.cmp.com Face it--DEC stuck it to 'em. Under DEC's management, much of the fab was sitting idle because there wasn't enough demand for Alphas and StrongARMs. Rather than watch it depreciate, DEC "sold" it to Intel in settlement of their patent claims. Now, Intel is stuck manufacturing chips for DEC/Compaq at below market prices, and DEC is rid of its multi-billion dollar albatross. Kevin

To: Paul Engel who wrote (36031)	8/15/1998 12:56:00 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572942

Paul, <Intel stole nothing. If they did, they would have been punished.> Really? If they stole nothing, there will be no case. They have to settle because they stole the key technological elements of Alpha design. The fact of settlement is the proof. <DEC did this because of Intel's strong countersuit. Everybody knows this.> Knows what? Their first silly allegation about non-returned technical specsheets? Treat to cut chip supply? And only much later some smart-ass at Intel decided to sue frivolously on some patents? For your education, DEC had spies at Intel who discovered direct usage of DEC materials, or something like that, totally undeniable. That is why they file the suit literally overnight. Otherwise Intel, with their bank accounts (at that time about $10B) could carry the lawsuit for long-long time without much problems... Bye, "winner".