RE: "But you guys-and with all due respect-are considered evil ba

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Fri, 5 Dec 1997 20:47:27 -0800


> Not everybody loves Intel. I have friends at Cyrix and AMD. They think
> Intel is the root of all evil too.

Perhaps you can answer this question for me (which I ask periodically).

Why doesn't Cyrix team up with someone with gobs of excess fab capacity
(e.g. Samsung), crank out zillions of 6x86s, and compete with Intel for
*real*? As in, aiming for 50% market share in two years?

- Joe

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