RE: Intel & NSP

We have to find a way to restructure the way Intel does its work. Andy is very open minded to this. I know its painful but I dont think its best to throw up our hands about how tough Intel is to work with. We should be very specific about: a. Efforts of theirs we want them to drop altogether and why b. Efforts of ours where if they do it under the correct IP regime we are willing to have them involved. For example why should they continue with 3DR when we are covering that with reality labs? Why shouldnt they be helpful in getting NT stronger in the multimedia area? Basicly they started up when we didnt pay much attention to these areas. Now we pay a lot of attention. To the degree they want to grow the industry they need to get aligned with us and tell us whatif anything is wrong with our plans and what they can help with. I am willing to put time into this because I think putting the effort in now will save us a significant amount of pain in the future. I am not saying we will avoid all pain but a lot. Intel has to accept that when we have a solution we like that is decent that that is the solution that wins. Unfortunately our wide open Vxd architecture is causing us immense problems and its just going to get worse in general.