Intel Corp (INTC)

[imho]

rudedog,

Dell will "show" that they were "forced" to exclude AMD, despite "sales and customer demand", and THAT is why they lost their leadership position.

Link? I think this is just wishful thinking. :^)

I know this has become an established Dell position - a friend who was at Dell in this period claimed that Dell's exclusively Intel product line cost them thought leadership and took them from "Invincible" to "Also Ran".

Really? I bet you I can find a friend at Dell who will claim that the reason Dell went from an "Also Ran" to "Invincible" was because they chose to be exclusively Intel.

IMHO