European Union gives Intel a break
Time to have a wee dram, ye ken
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 13:02
COMMISSIONERS IN Europe have extended a period for Intel to respond to allegations it flouted antitrust legislation.
Although Intel notoriously does not celebrate Christmas, it is a keen fan of Hogmanay - the lawyerly folk at Intel will have a chance to recover from their usquebaugh and then present its response to the €urolot by January 4th.
Intel denies it has engaged in monopolistic activities and will fight any such allegation tooth and nail.
If €uroland decides Intel has been a naughty Chipzilla, it has the power to fine the firm 10 per cent of its sales. That is a lotta dosh. µ
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intel doesnt deserve a break, they monopolised the crap out of AMD trying to kill off a company, and yet intel gets all this "special" treatment, one of the main reasons why ill never buy an intel CPU again
Sounds like the Euro commission is trying to be as fair as possible and avoid all appearances of bias , before they slam the lid shut and drive the final nail in this coffin.

They just fined MS ,the odds are slim that they will turn around and say that Intels tactics were not monopolistic in their aims.

Screw Intel and their marketing machine.
I pray that the next Intel CEO is trained in R&D and not marketing as is Mr.Ottelini.
AMD have problems producing enough chips to satisfy demands.
How can they claim that Intel is stiffling them? If they can't make money selling that many chips - they have a serious problem.
Besides, intel only gives quantum rebate now. It doesn't seem to have changed much.