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To: kash johal who wrote (50861)	2/24/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1584330

<In the worst case they can simply offer to replace CPU's for concerned customers. I doubt if more than a handfull of customers would care, but it would get rid of the PR problems.> Though that might sound like a nice solution, the privacy advocates still aren't going to budge. They'll argue that very few people will make the effort to replace their CPUs. There are only two solutions which will quell the privacy advocates: 1) By default, sell ID-less CPUs, and sell CPUs with IDs to those who want them, such as corporations whose IT departments will use the ID to track their deployed equipment. 2) Eliminate the ID from the CPU once and for all. As for this latest software hack, it only appeared yesterday. Usually issues like this take about a week to shake out. Of course, those CNBC features entitled "Pentium Flaw" will create nice buying opportunities for those who are looking for another chance to hop onto the INTC bandwagon. Tenchusatsu