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Date:      Tue, 13 May 1997 17:53:52 -0400
From:      dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: if_de.c ????
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19970513175348.00ad7c24@etinc.com>

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At 10:47 AM 5/13/97 +0900, you wrote:
>On Mon, 12 May 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
>> > >This presumes that somehow the "taiwanese clone manufacturers" can
>> > >ride on the backs of the marketing companies.  This is an unlikely
>> > >scenario -- each company must do it's own marketing.
>> > 
>> > What planet are you from? There are HUNDREDS of ne2000 clones that
>> > do zero marketing. Infotel and a hoard of other DEC chip clones rode
>> > SMC...now SMC is in having big problems.
>
>I didn't know SMC was having problems.  I think 3COM and Intel pushing for
>integrated ethernet on the motherboard is more of threat to SMC than the
>clone makers.

They haven't shown a quarterly profit in a year, and their stock is at a
five-year low. 
Pretty good indicators.....

Dennis





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