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To: Dale J. who wrote (15005)	3/28/1999 10:18:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Dale: re this citation in your post: Miner suggested that it is just a matter of time before Sun Microsystems will put Intel chips in its servers and workstations in place of its own UltraSparc chip, because customers will demand to move from Sun's proprietary technology to the all-pervasive Intel architecture. In all seriousness, what would you expect Intel executive John Miner to say on the subject of Intel's competition with Sun? That it's just a matter of time before the other team wins? Might affect his bonus. You can't really cite this as evidence of anything except that Intel management has taken PR 101. Regards, --QwikSand

To: Dale J. who wrote (15005)	3/28/1999 10:33:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

If Intel's architecture is already "all-pervasive" there shouldn't be much market left to capture, should there, so what's the fuss? And how is Sun's technology any more "proprietary" than Intel's? As QwikSand points out, this is just Intel fluff. Competition between Wintel and Sun is nothing new, and Sun's been doing quite nicely in the face of it. I'm a former Intel shareholder myself, but I think right now I'd rather be in Sun. Let TI run the fabs; they're good at it. JMHO.