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[News] [SOT] Survey Reveals Abusive Monopolists Get No Love

  • Subject: [News] [SOT] Survey Reveals Abusive Monopolists Get No Love
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:32:16 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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50 Greatest Network Arguments: What readers are saying

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| As of this writing, the argument on our list getting the most readership was 
| the battle between AMD and Intel. We asked readers which side they were on 
| and found in our highly unscientific online poll that 77% of the 376 voters 
| preferred AMD to 20% in Intel’s camp and 3% hanging onto their PowerPC.    
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/110207-50-greatest.html?fsrc=netflash-rss

Microsoft is there too. It's nice to see that people don't blindly accept
corruption.


Related:

Intel: South Korean Antitrust Probe Over

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| South Korean media have reported the inquiry has centered on allegations 
| Intel abused its market dominance by pressuring computer makers to avoid 
| using chips made by Intel's rivals.  
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070911/skorea_intel.html?.v=2


US antitrust group urges Intel investigation

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| The American Antitrust Institute (AAI), a Washington DC lobby group, has 
| written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging an 
| investigation of Intel's allegedly monopolistic business practices.  
|
| [...]
|
| AAI say its insistence of an investigation is based on allegations by AMD in 
| a private case and information obtained by the EC's complaint, which have not 
| been made public  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/30/aai_wants_intel_probe_expansion/


The Fight for Fair and Open Competition

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| AMD is an undisputed technology and innovation leader.
| 
| However, Intel's abusive, illegal monopolistic behavior is preventing 
| businesses and consumers alike from choosing freely between AMD and Intel  
| products. 
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http://breakfree.amd.com/en-us/antitrust.aspx


EC says Intel influenced bids for computer projects

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| The third type of allegation, however, was new, and sounded like a variety of 
| predatory pricing. “In the context of bids against AMD-based products for 
| strategic customers in the server segment of the market,” the commission 
| press release said, “Intel has offered CPUs on average below cost.”   
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http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.com/2007/08/03/ec-says-intel-influenced-bids-for-computer-projects/


Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself" 

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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious 
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733


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| In 2005, a unit of Shenzhen Donjin countersued, saying Intel engaged
| in monopolistic practices.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070514/china_intel_settlement.html?.v=7

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