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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (40757)	11/4/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1577891

Ten, <.. assumed that the suit did relate to many features in the Merced> Your assumption was wrong. There was no details available about Merced. The DEC suit was about PPro/P-II core. <Apparently you also forgot that Intel would rather settle disputes than go into a long and drawn-out court battle. But hey, in your mind, a settlement must mean a total admission of guilt, right?> I forgot nothing. I even remember that it was Intel's tactics in the past to sue everyone for nothing and drag companies into long disputes just to bleed them out. How it comes that Intel suddenly change their court strategy? And it is not DEC who paid Intel but Intel agree to pay $1.5B to DEC. Given all circumstances alltogether, in everyone opinion it is a clear admission of guilt. <it's hypocritical to point out this lawsuit, yet look the other way when AMD was copying Intel's 486 right down to the errata.> First, not "down to the errata", but down to full "compatibility". Second, there were other circumstances in the case, and there was a long-long COURT hearing, and Intel actually lost the case. Please note, there was a competent COURT who made that decision, so your questioning of that decision is quite inappropriate. In the DEC vs. Intel case there was a settlement proposition from Intel which means that they most likely did not feel too confident in the court outcome. I amongst many others consider their move as an admission of guilt, yes.