At 03:03 PM 3/30/99 -0500, Jim Meagher wrote: >EDIT> >There are soooo many MoBo manufacturers, that I doubt if two minor >(mid-level?) players can have that kind of effect on the market. > > Yeah- I forgot to mention that the implication was that this was going to happen with manufacturers who made mobos using the VIA chipset, not just Aopen and Epox. Apparently the ALI chipset hasn't gone over that well, so Intel's not interested. My source mentioned Aopen and Epox because they deal in those brands. And, as I said, this is just an interesting example of the machinations that probably go on behind the scenes all the time, and of which the consumer is kept ignorant. Or maybe I'm a paranoid fool ...... :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rick Lindstrom <[log in to unmask]> Tallahassee, FL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>