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To: James Connolly who wrote (4446)	3/13/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: Mark Brophy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Theoretically you could cut out Intel. But, LSI and Sony started the project before LSI bought Symbios, so there was no compelling reason for them to change. Besides, in a $200 product, even a $1.50 component is a significant cost to be eliminated, if possible. Sony needs an expensive ($5-10?) processor, but they can hire a few programmers to produce an RTOS themselves. I think something like 40% of all RTOSes are produced in-house, which is a lot higher percentage than processors. I'd expect H-P and/or Sun to use I2O in their workstations or servers before Sony used it in a mass market product.