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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (40748)	11/3/1998 6:10:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573689

Tenchusatsu, Re: " Compaq can only hope that HP/Intel misses its performance targets with McKinley." I don't think that I would count on this ... If the PA 8500 is any indication, the .18um McKinley should be a very high performance processor. Make It So, Yousef

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (40748)	11/3/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573689

Ten, <the notion that Intel is just a Digital copycat> What conspiracy you are talking about? This is a well proven fact. Digital tried to sell the Aplha design to Intel and disclosed all major ideas behind the design. Intel apparently captured the ideas, but declined the offer. When the PPro came out and Digital had obtained direct evidences (using spies), they sue Intel for stolen ideas which were protected in 10 patents. If the suit had no merits, Intel would not settle: with $13B in cash they could hold their defense infinitely long. Apparently the evidences were so strong that Intel decided to settle for $1.5B total. What other proof do you need? It is obvious for everyone. <I remember John Crawford, ...I got the feeling that the lawsuit upset him personally because it suggested that his own baby was nothing more than a ripoff.> How the hell it is related to the DEC-PPro issue? Your bud Crawford was not even close to the PPro project, he was a Pentium man, see: cyclone.cs.clemson.edu I suggest you go arrange a beer party with your boss and then ask him for details...