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To: rudedog who wrote (64011)	9/5/1998 1:00:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 186894

Re: "These three companies taken together have the R&D capability and clout to convince Intel that they could make this standard work. Intel on its own would probably propose a standard which handed little advantage to any OEM. " My reading of the issue is that these 3 companies want a faster PCI bus, that's all. Intel has been slow to show a roadmap beyond the current PCI specification and these guys are getting anxious for a clear definition of a bus that will take us into the next century. EP

To: rudedog who wrote (64011)	9/5/1998 1:14:00 PM
From: Harry Landsiedel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

rudedog. Re: "The play is to get Intel on board for a standard which allows CPQ, IBM and HP to innovate in ways which protect their high end markets." I agree. What would happen if Intel did not go along with this? After all what other source is their for hi-end chips? Could CPQ exploit Alpha with IBM and HP to work around (or use as a threat to counter) Intel's refusal to go along? From what I've read there is not enough software to make Alpha a viable competitor to Xeon chips. So I'm not sure this scenario could hold water. Your thoughts? HL