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To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (43636)	12/19/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

Brian - Re: "It now has 4 different types of mboard which together with its strange way of naming its chips really gets the customer confused ..." IMAGINE THAT ! Intel may have 27 million CONFUSED CUSTOMERS this quarter ! That's a LOT OF CONFUSED FOLKS RUNNING AROUND WITH INTEL INSIDE ! How do they ever make a buying decision? Paul {===================================} Message 6891344 " Our new revenue estimate for the fourth- quarter is based on 27 million processors, up from the 24.0-24.5 million shipped in the third quarter"

To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (43636)	12/19/1998 12:37:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1573682

Hutch - Re: "It now has 4 different types of mboard which together with its strange way of naming its chips really gets the customer confused" Here's even MORE CONFUSION for Intel's poor customers - 4-way 450 MHz Xeon CPUS for 4-way SMP servers with 2 MegaBytes of L2 cache ! Ohhhhhh.....CHOICES ! Poor Intel Customers - with All Those Choices ! Message 6900312 Paul

To: Brian Hutcheson who wrote (43636)	12/19/1998 1:57:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

Brian, I see the "hound from Hell" dogs our footsteps. Intel has yet another proprietary device it wants to foist on us. A flash chip guardian to stop software piracy with individual system signatures, like a built in dongle. I can see the rush to that one. But I must admit the CD rom copiers have been hollowing out the software industry since the blanks fell to $1 and copiers are $250. Will it succeed?, dog knows. But it will start with a nil installed base and will need software publishers to either make two/three versions.(1 unprotected, 1 dongled and 1 with the new Intel method) It will also be useable for the coming wave of self published books for $2-3 royalty direct to the authors, bypassing the publisher/paper/amazon route. Lots of damage potential there and also sales potential. Bill Bill