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To: kapkan4u who wrote (58190)	5/15/1999 3:17:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1571898

<So you think it makes more sense for Intel to weaken AMD until a stronger company acquires them? How will then Intel have easier time with K7 produced by TI or IBM? Please explain.> I don't think things will be much different if some big company like IBM acquires them. It's not like IBM is a sure success anyway. Look at how the PowerPC floundered even as Motorola, Apple, and IBM all collaborated on this old "Pentium-killer". Besides, why would some company like IBM acquire AMD if AMD is weakened by brutal competition? Even if the acquisition price were extremely low, it would still be a money-losing proposition. By the way, has anyone bought Cyrix from National Semiconductor yet? Or is Cyrix just going to enter oblivion except in the virtual microcontroller market? Tenchusatsu