"Steal" may be a little harsh. Because the entire silicon industry is one of interdependence...

Intel had great plans for EDIG, which came to a screeching halt in Sping of 2000, when the tech. market crashed...

As I recall they paid 60 million dollars and bailed out with a bunch of mp-3 players that give out as Christmas Gift to employees and customers...

There is no question that they got what they came for, one way or the other. At least they were not as blatant about it as Fujitsue or Mr. Pearshaped were...

Trust me I know. In the Silicon Valley, the ones with the biggist legal team make it to grow and become giants, and Intel has the biggest legal teams of all...

It is finally our little company's turn. We have one of the biggest Legal team this time, and they still need what EDIG has...

GLTA...

Gil...