__/ [ Donn Miller ] on Wednesday 16 August 2006 17:16 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Court allows Intel to subpoena ATI
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>> | The court presiding over the AMD antitrust case against Intel has given
>> | it permission to subpoena ATI.
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33718
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>> (Comment: Intel was said to pull the same dirty practices as Microsoft, at
>> least in Germany. OEM's were secretly discouraged from stocking AMD.)
>>
>> Also today:
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>> Watch out NVIDIA, AMD. Here comes Intel.
>
> Great. This could make for some interesting scenarios. Will AMD buy
> nVidia as well? That could give them two graphics divisions and even
> more leverage against Intel.
Shortly after the ATi acquisitions, there were rumours and speculations that
suggested an Intel-NVIDIA merger (takeover rather).
Personally, I never like it when small companies get 'swallowed' to make
giants even bigger. This leads to monopolies and raises entry barriers to
the market.
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