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To: Scumbria who wrote (48660)	2/5/1999 2:39:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572788

Slick - Re: "Which company has a legitimate gripe?" Neither have a gripe. Did you see Intel whining in Washington about big bad Sanders and his 25%-below-Intel-Cost K6/K6-2 sales approach ? No ! Intel did their homework, came up with the Celeron and Mendocino and got Mendocino out into the market in lickety split time. And the Mendocino is proving out to be a winner - in speed, performance and cost. Customers LOVE IT ! And what did AMD do? They announced Sharpy in November, 1997 - to be available in H298. Duuuhhhhh -- H298 has come and gone but where's Sharpy ? Sharp Eye will be a Q299 product - TWO QUARTERS LATE ! Face it - AMD has screwed up. Pure and Simple. You just don't handle reality very well, Slick. Paul

To: Scumbria who wrote (48660)	2/5/1999 2:45:00 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572788

Scumbria, Intel sets the prices of x86 CPUs, as was clearly evidenced the last few weeks. AMD sells their CPU's at the maximum price they can obtain. AMD sells at 25% below a "comparable" Intel chip, because (I hope I get this right) their die size is smaller, hence their cost is lower and they are helping folks beat the "price gouging" Intel. In contrast, Intel manipulates clock speeds and prices of Celerons. They could get considerably more for every Celeron part they manufacture. Clock speed manipulation? I thought only AMD buyers overclocked! As for Intel could get considerably more, I think the mantra was "Thank god AMD is here to keep Intel honest". Which company has a legitimate gripe? The owners of AMD stock for buying into this line of swill and losing their principle.