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To: DragonBoy who wrote (47264)	1/25/1999 3:20:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1570194

Dragon Boy, RE:" No ID, No money for AMD. If I am a software co, let say the one who produce $2000 a CD and up. I would force my customers to use the PIII with the ID. No ID, No software. The software company love this Idea, it will take a while for people to get used to it. Other countries took so much advantage of our system, no more free bee from mow. No ID no Honey."... You really don't understand how Americans think. They will simple avoid programs that require the ID. Those programs without it will gain market share. If Microsoft tries it, they will simply get sued for monopolistic practices. Americans (at least the last bunch of them that don't enjoy being controlled by Clinton and the press), value their freedom.

To: DragonBoy who wrote (47264)	1/25/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570194

DragonBoy, re:<No ID, no money for AMD> Some of what you state makes sense, re $2000 software looking for protection. But it only works on PIII machines. Do I also buy a PIII machine just to use your $2000 software? So, you either wait till there's a large enough installed base of PIII's to make it economically feasible, (and write off the 100's of millions of legacy systems as potential customers), or live with reality. Be interesting to see how MSFT handles this whole issue.