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To: herb will who wrote (47220)	1/25/1999 9:40:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1570368

All, I wonder the effects of a barrage of e-mails to Large OEMS like Compaq, HP, Dell, Gateway etc. stating that "if you use the Pentium III we ain't gonna buy your computers" would be? This could be nasty. Jim

To: herb will who wrote (47220)	1/25/1999 9:42:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570368

RE:”Rivals of PC chip maker Intel Corp. are likely follow the giant's lead and put electronically accessible serial numbers on their processors, said company officials and analysts on Friday”. Could anyone expect a different spin from ZDnet? Makers of the Intel "friendly" Winstone benchmarks? Jim

To: herb will who wrote (47220)	1/25/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570368

Herb, "We expect to see our members using this technology," said Lauren Hall, chief technologists for the piracy-busting Software and Information Industry Association, whose members include software makers such as Microsoft Corp. I feel very badly about the sorry financial state of Bill Gates and Microsoft, and I'm happy to do whatever I can to help the poor guy out. Even if it means giving up my privacy and personal liberties. Scumbria