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To: t2 who wrote (75011)	3/1/1999 9:09:00 PM
From: Andreas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Tech 2000 or thread; Could someone please tell me what the acronym BTW stands for? Thanks in advance.

To: t2 who wrote (75011)	3/1/1999 9:23:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

tech2000 - Re: "Why don't they just get rid of the ID biz altogether" My "new" opinion is that Intel should offer TWO versions of Pentium III - the STANDARD Pentium III called a Pentium IIIS - with the security features as is, and a second one, Pentium IIIu - UNSECURE - with all the extra 64 ID bits set to all ZEROS or ALL ONEs - effectively neutralizing the ID feature. This then gives people a choice - individual users can choose which ever they want and CORPORATIONS can choose the SECURE ones with the ID feature enabled for their own business uses. This "choice" should take the emotional wind-bags out of the headlines. Intel can make the S/U decision at final test time, since no mask changes are required. Paul