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To: J_W who wrote (21618)	6/3/1999 3:01:00 PM
From: MileHigh	Respond to of 93625

Thanks for your comments and experiences. MileHigh

To: J_W who wrote (21618)	6/3/1999 3:22:00 PM
From: Tom Warren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Good post. In 1997 VIA had revenues of $152mill and shipped 15% of chipsets by unit count. Acer Labs and Silicon Integrated Systems are the other big players (outside Intel's 70%) They are a little over half of VIAs size. VIA is a PC133 ringleader, check out their website for some good insight to who the players are and what they are up to.

To: J_W who wrote (21618)	6/3/1999 3:38:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 93625

OTyou are on your own. That is the way it works with all suppliers I know of. I'm just nostalgic for the old days. When I got started all the suppliers went out of their way to make parts work together, by adhering to standards (it took a lot more parts in those days). They also went out of their way to get you data books and sample parts so that you would use their stuff. Now it takes a multimillion dollar contract and 3 lawyers just to get through on the telephone. Intel is one of the worst, with it's yellow books, and orange books, and books which must be transparent because they claim not to have them even though they are referenced in other books. Personally I'd like to tell them to keep their books and their chips, but what choice do I have, Little or none. TP