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To: gnuman who wrote (47129)	1/24/1999 12:36:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571192

Gene - Re: " Given the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt created by the above questions, wouldn't this actually be in AMD's favor? " You have a short memory. Its the sub $1000 PC that is supposed to work in AMD's favor - as you used to constantly put forth in your own FUD program. Checked the AMD and Intel financial statements lately? Shouldn't have traded that Intel stock for AMD, Gene ! Paul

To: gnuman who wrote (47129)	1/24/1999 12:47:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571192

RE:"While contending the feature can be turned off, it needs to be done on every boot-up, and the PC challenged may be wary."... Come again? You have to turn it off everytime you start the computer? So you need a program that unloads it everytime you boot? Jim

To: gnuman who wrote (47129)	1/25/1999 3:11:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1571192

Gene, Given the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt created by the above questions, wouldn't this actually be in AMD's favor? I don't think there is any question that Intel has created a very serious problem for themselves, and that their competitors will attempt to capitalize on it. The way I see it, Intel needs to immediately make a decision to back this stuff out of PIII, or face a public relations nightmare. These features offer no obvious benefit to the typical PC user, but raise a lot of questions about privacy. The longer they let this fester, the greater the temptation for OEM's to jump ship. Scumbria