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To: Fred Fahmy who wrote (67164)	10/22/1998 6:10:00 AM
From: stak	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Fred, >>You are dead wrong if you think cut-throat pricing is the only strategy to gain market share.<< sure it's not the only way.:) You're the one who mentioned cost. >>Unfortunately, like you, AMD believes this is the only possible strategy.<< get real Fred read my post. It's the product that's more important. not the price that screwed up them(MSFT KO) up. >>Wendy's has gained and continues to gain market share at McDonald's expense with equivalent pricing. The Japanese auto makers gained market share (via quality) from the US car makers while actually selling at higher prices for the same class of car.<< Nice examples! The Japanese actually gained their market share when the yen was much more in their favor tho'. Later quality became their trump card. The Koreans( Hyundai) later tried the same strategy. it worked for awhile til quality caught up with them. >>I'm glad you think so. It has been my observation that many AMD investors are easily impressed <gg>. I'm not sure all long time AMD investors are so impressed. After more than a decade AMD has not appreciated a single penny.<< I wouldn't be so impressed if I was an... >>There is a big difference between "some kind of advantage based on price" and attempting to stay 25% below you competitor. If AMD's products are as great as Jerry's followers would have everyone believe then a 10% difference should have been sufficient to gain share.<< You spend a lot of time spent dwelling in the past. Tech is a game of the future. Let's see what happens today and tomorrow. What does your crystal ball tell you for the 4th qtr. and 1st qtr. of '99? Does Celeron come storming back?