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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (49964)	2/17/1999 8:13:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573267

<Intel pays for an entire wafer every time it sells ~2 of its PIII processors.> Huh? An entire wafer? I thought that Pentium III will have a die size much smaller than the 184 mm2 K7. Tenchusatsu

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (49964)	2/18/1999 2:20:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573267

Interesting statistic: My company doesn't sell hardware but -- during January alone -- more than 10% of our small business software clients upgraded their networks and switched from Novell Netware to Windows NT Server. A fellow software developer across the country told me today that his stats were more like 15%. Windows NT is showing up on new workstations for the first time. When we offered a 32-bit software upgrade for the first time in mid-December, ~25% of the users who received our mailing bought it by year-end. It looks like small businesses are finally waking up to Y2K and opening their wallets. Craig

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (49964)	2/18/1999 5:38:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573267

Craig - Re: "Intel pays for an entire wafer every time it sells ~2 of its PIII processors. " Maybe 3 or 4 Pentium IIIs - it depends on the speed/price. Paul