I guess I woul say that on server(highend) products, you have Digital/Compaq and on the low-end home user market AMD is opting to be a company with a somewhat more productive line, both technological. (The production of CPUs) and by PR and least butalso most important, AMD has made several right strategies for the future competition, while Intel has lost alot of marketshares both on homemarket computers and professional servers. refer to the RAMBUS-incident, the Chipsetincident(s), the faulty 1,33GHz CPU, AND the Merced/Itanium-frog. Intel also has a responsibility since they ARE the largest manufacurers, and has the largest researchgroups. Remember that we see only the comercial sides of the Intel/AMD corporations. Intel has always been the choice regarding CPUs in spacesciencee etc.
(Hubble was upgraded with a 486, just recently, you know...)
So none can hardly say that Future belongs to INTEL. on the contrair, Intel is propably reorganizing their strategies hard now, and some people in the Corporation is propably shaking in their pants.
I woul gess that we will see big changes right over the newyear. Due to these errors that has come the last two years.
regards
Snuggles