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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47169)	1/24/1999 9:46:00 PM
From: SisterMaryElephant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570525

Jim, <RE:"The net sum is that Intel will once again be the recipient of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FREE PUBLICITY - every news program on every network will cover the controversy - newspaper HEADLINES will sport Intel and the Intel Inside LOGO all over their pages, etc."... ---------- What ARE you smoking? This could be very serious.> Paul is correct. Do you remember the last time they picked on Intel and tried to make a mountain out of a mole hill? It was in the Pentium FDIV "problem". We all know the result of that fiasco. This is free publicity for the Pentium III. I wonder if this is'nt part of an Intel conspiracy? <ggg> Happy investing to all. SK

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47169)	1/24/1999 10:28:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1570525

Jimbo - Re: "What ARE you smoking? This could be very serious." This is the exact scenario that I predicted would happen - and indeed DID HAPPEN - during and after the Pentium FDIV debacle of November/December 1994. Most people at that time never heard of Intel, let alone the "Pentium". When Intel received constant National Press Coverage, and eventually agreed to replace the flawed Pentium chips, everybody KNEW the INTEL NAME and NEW INTEL STOOD BEHIND their NAME. That EVENT launched the incredible success of the original Pentium and the Pentium Brand Name, and made INTEL a household word. Today, with the INTERNET a constant TOPIC of NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA ATTENTION(when Zipper-Mouth-Gate isn't discussed), Intel will ONCE AGAIN be blessed with the National News Limelight - ALL FOR FREE ! When Intel representatives are allowed to explain the advantages of the Pentium III security features, and their ability to be TURNED OFF at will - the whole world will once again see and hear INTEL on their nightly news and be reasssured that Intel's technology will once again improve the Internet experience, enriching their computing lives. You wait and see - it will happen again. Intel will receive millions and millions of dollars of free publicity! AMD will have to ANSWER why they have no roadmap for including security features in their CPUs. Paul