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n°1823625
05-28-2008 at 11:46:08 AM

Evil is being exposed.......Shame on Intel

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http://www.reuters.com/article/mar [...] 6620080527

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FRANKFURT, May 27 (Reuters) - The European Union's competition authority plans to take action against Intel Corp's (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) sales and distribution practices and will publish an official decision late this summer, a newspaper reported



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In the report released on Tuesday ahead of publication on Wednesday, the newspaper said the EU would stop Intel from marketing its microprocessors at a discount to PC makers



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It also said the EU would forbid the world's biggest chipmaker from subsidizing retailers' advertising costs, to the extent that it demanded exclusivity in stores in return



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Intel's rival, AMD (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research), has repeatedly accused Intel of unfair practices that it says help it maintain its huge market lead



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The EU recently fined Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) a record 899 million euros ($1.4 billion)



This is good News

Intel Cheats! AMD Innovate! AMD care! AMD4Life!

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Reynod
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n°1823627
05-28-2008 at 11:52:24 AM

First Post !!!

 

heh heh.

 

:)

 

Hey ... you made Intel's share price drop !!


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n°1823628
05-28-2008 at 11:57:15 AM

i'll give the usual warning to the noobs - thunderman = AMD employee

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n°1823630
05-28-2008 at 12:12:33 PM

Intel will be fined. The EU fatheads will get payed. AMD will still whine.

At this moment in time AMD has the weaker product. The rest is reputation from the golden age of Intel being stable and AMD being an overheating unstable clone.

I still have friends who avoid AMD like the plague.

In short : "Chuck Norris doesn't belive in AMD."

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n°1823631
05-28-2008 at 12:13:05 PM

spuddyt wrote :

i'll give the usual warning to the noobs - thunderman = AMD employee



Wait I thought that fangirl said that was better, look she even has a picture of herself in an AMD promo shirt

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amdfangirl/2518508802/

I'm confused as to who to believe

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n°1823632
05-28-2008 at 12:13:29 PM

Intel cheats !!! Yes !! Will Joe Comsumer buy a AMD GAME! platform now ? Will they be available on retailers ?

Lets wait and see !! * drumroll *

chris312
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n°1823666
05-28-2008 at 04:37:06 PM

Sue them for making a lot of money.

Looks like a great way to make technology companies stop selling product in Europe.

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n°1823671
05-28-2008 at 04:46:46 PM

chris312 wrote :

Looks like a great way to make technology companies stop selling product in Europe.


Looks like a great way to enforce fair trade policies in Europe. :kaola:

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n°1823680
05-28-2008 at 05:21:40 PM

Thunderman, before you have spontaneous combustion try reading this update;
http://www.reuters.com/article/mar [...] 528?rpc=44

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n°1823682
05-28-2008 at 05:28:22 PM

LOL I generally ignore his posts, thats why I posted it elsewhere


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n°1823692
05-28-2008 at 05:47:04 PM

It,s good if Intel needs to pay up. I worked for media markt (saturn) for a while, similar to Best Buy in the states and they only carried intel pc's and later I found out that the head office received 15 million yearly from intel if they only carried intel pc's. And that is not right, in the end the consumer pays.

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n°1823695
05-28-2008 at 05:51:38 PM

chris312 wrote :

Sue them for making a lot of money.

Looks like a great way to make technology companies stop selling product in Europe.



...except AMD, ...or any other company who isn't either Mcrosoft or Intel.

Microsoft & Intel = floughting laws. Probably American law too but they have enough lobbyists & lawyers to scupper most cases against them.

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n°1823704
05-28-2008 at 06:46:37 PM

So If I said buy Coke and not Pepi in your shop or I will not let you sell any coke that's ok?

Plus If I gave you kickbacks to sell just Coke and not Pepsi in your shop that's ok too?

Because I like Coke but I am an AMDfanboi does that mean I have to drink Pepsi now?

signed,

Easily confused /Div0 /AMDKoolaidaddict

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n°1823705
05-28-2008 at 06:48:01 PM

spoonboy wrote :

Microsoft & Intel = floughting laws. Probably American law too but they have enough lobbyists & lawyers to scupper most cases against them.



Isn't that the American way of doing business? Buy some members of Congress and avoid mention of shady business practices. And if something does turn public, buy some of the media (Microsoft/NBC). If all else fails, put some money into a President's pocket, or someone running for President, as the case may be.


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n°1823707
05-28-2008 at 07:03:46 PM