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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (47170)	1/24/1999 9:47:00 PM
From: Bruce A. Thompson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570574

Cirrus, What Paul hasn't come to grips with yet, is the fact that Intel now has competitors. Negative publicity is no longer free. Not like the good old days when Intel could say "So what?" and raise their prices again. BT

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (47170)	1/24/1999 10:35:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570574

Cringe - Re: "They don't know that their ISP can track them if it wanted to. If this issue gets well known, and it may with all the controversy surrounding it, the average internet user will read the good and bad of it. Who knows which side they will focus on " It will become WELL KNOWN. As the issue of SECURITY gets discussed in the news media, all these gory details will come out. Re: "This is OBVIOUSLY NEGATIVE publicity. " As long as they SPELL THE NAME right (I N T E L), any publicity will eventually be GOOD PUBLICITY ! Look at Clinton's popularity! I even think that Monica Lewinsky made somebody's list of the top 10 most admired women in the US. ! Re: " In the short term, this could hurt Intel more than it could help them." Probbaly so. But in the long run, this will be a HUGE FREE BOOST for Intel. (See my response to McMannic Re: the Pentium FDIV problem). Paul