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To: Scumbria who wrote (78069)	4/8/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, Re: You can call it marketing genius, but it also can be described as illegal. I know nothing about law so I can't argue with this, is there any expert in this field here ? >Intel marketing has created a situation where they can >sell essentially the same product at widely varying >prices, and simultaneously crush any attempts at competition. I thought the same trick is used in the car industry too ? Gary

To: Scumbria who wrote (78069)	4/8/1999 12:25:00 PM
From: Burt Masnick	Respond to of 186894

Last time I looked, there was no problem with a purchasing manager buying whatever brand of PC with whatever make of chip in it desired (even Dell offers "Business Celerons" - I know cause I just bought one). The kindest thing I can say to you is that I have never seen defensiveness and denial so vigourously defended. AMD embarked on a business plan that was predicated on AMD's perfect execution, a concept that now brings giggles to wall street. I repeat,in my view a foolish (kindest word I can think of) board kept a foolish (kindest word I can think of) manager to lead a troubled (kindest word I can think of) company on a dangerous (kindest word I can think of) business plan, knowing that the company has a history of disappointing on the manufacturing side. Just a touch overly optimistic. The long odds players loved it, but reality is a bitch. The best things pro-AMD folks have been able to say today is that the K7 is the equal of the PIII (not what they were saying back in December) and the stock is so beaten down that it hasn't fallen much (but let's wait for that $1.50 a share loss they'll anounce in a few days). I wonder if Kurlak is still long AMD.

To: Scumbria who wrote (78069)	4/8/1999 1:39:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

SCUM bria - Re: " Intel marketing has created a situation where they can sell essentially the same product at widely varying prices," AMD does the same thing. They just JACK UP the supply voltage on a 350 MHz $67 Kmart 62 and voila - it's a 450 MHz $139 Kmart 62. Isn't this ALSO ILLEGAL ? Or are you just a loser malcontent? Paul

To: Scumbria who wrote (78069)	4/8/1999 1:56:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Respond to of 186894

Intel marketing has created a situation where they can sell essentially the same product at widely varying prices, and simultaneously crush any attempts at competition. You can call it marketing genius, but it also can be described as illegal. Scumbria, this practice is common in almost every industry. Sticking to the computer industry, IBM sold its line of 360's and the only difference between some of the models was a switch that disabled PROM which slowed the machine down. Same for printers, disk drives. What about name brand consumer goods versus private store brand. YOU may describe it as illegal, but you would be wrong. Your credibility is showing.