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To: Barry Grossman who wrote (75911)	3/9/1999 4:23:00 PM
From: louis mason	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

I wish INTC would drop the USB 2.0 idea and let FireWire be incorporated instead. It's just the same old story of dragging down the "average" instead of using a better product. Posted 07/03/99 12:25pm by James Snider, chairman 1394 Trade Association "1394 Trade Association replies to Intel Firewire snub I have just read Intel Snubs IEEE 1394 for USB 2.0 by Tony Smith. On balance, I found it to be an accurate portrayal. I would like to add some more facts for yourconsideration. 1394 is the undisputed winner in the Consumer A/V realm. It is being promoted by the FederalCommunications Commission for inclusion in DTVs. It has been shipping in digital camcorders since the summer of 1995 and is currently in camcorders from Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Sharp and JVC. Approximately seven million have been sold to date, with a run rate of one million units per quarter. 1394 DTVs are scheduled to hit the market in time for Christmas 99. But new A/V products will not be the only new 1394 products attracting attention on store shelves around Christmas this year. Printers and scanners are also scheduled to hit the market in time for the rush. 1394 mass storage devices for PCs are scheduled to appear in mid-99 (even sooner for iMacs), with first year sales estimated at just under a million and 2000 sales estimated at a minimum of three million. This does not include the numbers for the AV HDD which was announced by Quantum and Sony late last year. With PCs already shipping from NEC, Compaq, Sony, and Apple, and four more coming from the top 10 PC makers this year, 1394 is picking up significant support in the PC world. Sales in 1999 for 1394 PCs is estimated at 8 million units. In the USA, we sometimes lose sight of what is happening in the rest of the world. 1394 is very popular in Japan where they love their 1394 DV camcorders and are looking for something to connect to it. There are 10-14 times the 1394 products on store shelves in Japan as in America... and they are all moving this way. In only nine months, Sony 1394 notebook computers have captured the number 10 spot worldwide for notebooks and the number seven spot in Japan." lmason

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (75911)	3/9/1999 4:31:00 PM
From: Andreas	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 186894

To Thread Re: Latest Rumor; I talked to a broker today who said that if the earnings warning does not materialize his firm will be busy thinking up a new rumor. In fact he will be on a conference call this afternoon with other big shots at his firm to brainstorm new ideas for rumors to begin circulating. Some of the top picks for new rumors include: 1. Dell and cpq have launched a secret joint venture to unveil a microprocessorless computer which will run on a new but as yet undisclosed secret process thereby eliminating intc as a supplier. 2. Carl Icahn is buying amd and will give away k6 and k7 to all customers until intc is out of business. 3. Intc chips have been determined by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta to cause Parkinson's disease, Scurvy, Senility, Erectile Dysfunction (as coined by Bob Dole), Insanity, Delerium, and Leprosy and therefore has been banned by the FDA in all computers. Hopefully we'll get through these very serious rumors!!! Hang in there and don't sell.