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To: jim kelley who wrote (80623)	11/16/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

<Intel>Merced and the 64 bit question. Jim: Some interesting moves by Intel..Have you any opinion on this? ----------------------------------------------------------- ..Intel Corp. is investing heavily in software startups in an effort to ensure the success of its upcoming IA-64 architecture and to cement its role as a serious player in the corporate computing market... Intel has been making investments in software and hardware companies since the early '90s. In fact, its portfolio -- excluding a recent $500 million Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE:MU) investment -- is currently valued at about $1 billion. The portfolio includes speech recognition companies, client/server specialists and electronic commerce startups. Intel wants to be certain of "a ringside seat into all those emerging trends," says a company spokesman. Conquering the enterprise But there are other factors influencing Intel's software directions, too. Intel needs to use its investments to conquer the big-business enterprise space -- just in case its desktop margins dry up..... NCR Vice President Gary Horning says Intel is investing heavily in Windows NT, Solaris and the operating systems arising from last month's IBM/SCO/Sequent alliance. "IBM came to us and said they wanted to develop a shrink-wrapped Unix for the front office," Richardson says. "We needed SCO because they understand distribution." Vivek Wadhwa, founder of tools developer Relativity Technologies Inc., says he accepted an investment from Intel only on the condition that he could publicize the relationship..... "I didn't need their money," Wadhwa says. "But I chose Intel over all the other offers I had because of the credibility and the marketing support their name provides." Funding for Linux Intel also plans further funding for Linux. The company announced an investment in Red Hat Software Inc. on Sept. 29, and in 1999 it will seek developers that can help Intel make Linux an enterprise-level operating system... zdnet.com