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Intel will fight EU anti-trust ruling on the beaches
INTEL HAS replied to anti-trust charges filed by the European Commission.
As one would expect Chipzilla has said that it didn't do it, it was not there, it must have been someone else.
It has now requested a hearing where it can argue its case before the commission.
A spokeswoman for the commission confirmed that she had received Chipzilla's reply and was going over it with a fine-toothed comb.
The Commission has concluded that Intel abused its market power with the aim of excluding its main rival AMD from the x86 CPU market.
If found guilty, Intel could face a fine up to 10 percent of its global annual revenue. The Commission has been getting a bit tough on anti-trust cases lately. Microsoft was one such case, but there have been others away from the technology industry.
It would appear that Chipzilla is going to get a rough ride.
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Polynikes, read some more about how the EU are making dodgy business practices expensive for dodgy business people. You might find that the approach the EU has works, and seems to work well.
We all no that intel didn't do the things it is accused of!
Those are honorable men and it would not intel er inter their mind to do such a thing.
Seems the world is just picking on Intel and microsoft.
But look at it this way at least the oil comp. aren't in the lime light.
why don't they just outlaw trouble makers like amd?
I remember reading about similar anti-trust rulings in Japan and Australia over the last year or two.
From what I've read on other sites, this case is being heard by one person, in private, who's not even a judge, then they send their findings to some other person who ultimately decides Intel's fate in the case. So basically two people, behind closed doors, make the decision whether or not Intel gets fined billions. Now, don't get me wrong, if Intel's guilty they deserve punishment, but how the hell can a two-person, private "trial" constitute justice?

The EU's off their rocker.
Its obvious Intel has done what the EU says. It is just too bad that the US gov. has done nothing, but then again the US gov. now seems to be in the pocket of big business.