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To: Ali Chen who wrote (44119)	12/27/1998 10:49:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583736

Ali, re:As you might know, a part of competitive strategy for an OEM is ability to find cheaper sources for materials. In a solo-source Intel environment they would not have that freedom. As you know, it's not as simple as choosing the lowest cost provider. There are many factors OEMs use when choosing a CPU supplier: brand name, reputation, market segmentation, value, etc. As far as I can tell, the only advantage AMD offers to OEMs is lower costs...not much of a competitive advantage when Intel can match AMD prices any time they want. re:Speaking about economics, you probably wanted to mention K.Marx instead of Darwin, right? No, I'm a firm believer that the market ultimatley decides who will win and who will lose. The company who has the ability to adapt to market needs will survive. joey