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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47509)	1/27/1999 11:27:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572108

Re: "Intel needs to can the idea immediately but it seems they are waffling like they did with the Pentium FDIV problem." Intel is hardly waffling. They responded immediatly and decisively. The FDIV bug had no use. On chip security does. They could easily disable the feature entirely by tying off the enable bit but I can't fault them for trying to offer a feature which is at least debatibly useful. EP

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47509)	1/27/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: Joseph S. Lione	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572108

Jim: "Intel stock under pressure today is indicative of the ID problem." Why wasn't Intel stock "under pressure" from the ID problem yesterday, when it was up 6+ points?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47509)	1/27/1999 12:36:00 PM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572108

Jim, Re: Intel needs to can the idea immediately ... Should IBM withdraw this product also ? Now, this one really actively transmit information unlikey the Intel scheme. zdnet.com Gary

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (47509)	1/27/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572108

<Intel needs to can the idea immediately but it seems they are waffling like they did with the Pentium FDIV problem.> Withdrawing the idea is a very drastic step, something that Mr. "Destroy all Pentium III CPUs" from the privacy advocacy groups doesn't have to worry about. Some people were rather surprised how quickly Intel changed the ID default from on to off. Removing the feature entirely not only requires a permanent change inside the CPU, but also makes useless the software that was going to support this feature. Tenchusatsu