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re: "should Intel introduce an alternative x86-64 (if Yamhill isn't AMD64) then you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be a Microsoft OS available for it"

At he risk of confusing you and some others who post regularly on this thread with facts and sound reasoning, do go to the following links:

1. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20021226.html I believe that Cringely has it correctly. inteL is, in reality, forced to do whatever the VOLE wills.

2. The VOLE apparently gave cipzillA a corporate "EEEFFFF EEEYYYUUU" when it informed iT last Fall that the VOLE would only support one set of X86-64 extensions and that it was already determined to be what was to later be named AMD64.

It was not too coincidently that inteL pulled the plug on yamhilL at that time and that is not all that happened:

Do see: http://biz.yahoo.com/t/i/intc.html and note all of the heavy insider "PLANNED" (OH! How I do love that word.) sales that ensued.

If you are not convinced, have a look at: http://biz.yahoo.com/t/a/amd.html and do note the coincidental insider purchases. Even Jerry hisself, who historically only sells AMD common, was buying. I believe he still holds that stock.

inteL insiders have lately been selling again around the introduction time of Opteron, though not nearly as heavily and universally as last Fall.

Regards,

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