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To: Ali Chen who wrote (41367)	11/12/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Badger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571735

I didn't say Intel was flawless, either in execution or manufacturing. 'Zero downtime' is a journey, not a destination. Or to put it simply, nobody's perfect. *************************************** Reminds me of one of my favorite jokes: Two hikers are out walking in the forest when a huge bear crashes out of the brush and charges them. One hiker sits down, opens his pack, removes a pair of running shoes, and puts them on. "What are you doing that for?" says the other hiker. "You can't outrun a bear that size." "I don't have to outrun the bear," says the hiker in the running shoes. "I just have to outrun you." ************************************************ Intel is perceived as a dependable solution. AMD is not. How many times has AMD had to release a fix or patch for a problem that occurs only when you try to run an application on an AMD chip? Intel isn't flawless, they are just more flawless than AMD, and they have a history of being so. It's a perception problem that AMD has to overcome, and the only way to do that is to come out with dependable, reliable, compatible silicon on a timely basis. Regards, Badger