EU Dives Into Intel Antitrust Specifics
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st Sep 2009 18:36 UTC
Legal European antitrust regulators on Monday published internal e-mails that detail alleged antitrust behavior by Intel. The European Commission Monday published a non-confidential version of its its May 13 decision against Intel, which imposed a fine of $1.45 billion against the chip giant. That decision found that Intel broke EC Treaty antitrust rules (Article 82) by engaging in illegal practices to exclude competitors from the market for x86 processors. The EC action was based on complaints from Intel's chief rival, Advanced Micro Devices.
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RE: more info here
by sbergman27 on Mon 21st Sep 2009 20:29 UTC in reply to "more info here"
sbergman27 Member since:
2005-07-24

When Dell and Intel did settle on a name for these discounts, they were called the Dell Meet Competition Program

I'd be inclined to impose $100 million just for inventing that name.

Edited 2009-09-21 20:29 UTC

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RE[2]: more info here
by helf on Tue 22nd Sep 2009 00:17 UTC in reply to "RE: more info here"
helf Member since:
2005-07-06

heh. I love the retarded names companies come up with for /everything/.

But from the sounds of it, Intel shouldn't be getting this fine, or at least not one of such a substantial amount. Dell seems to have caused most of this.

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RE[3]: more info here
by adkilla on Tue 22nd Sep 2009 05:48 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: more info here"
adkilla Member since:
2005-07-07

I think you are discounting the facts that there are other OEMs besides Dell receiving similar "benefits".

After being found guilty by both the Japanese and Korean trade commissions, this is no surprise to me. I guess this EU judgment is a strike-3 for Intel.

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Official EU statement
by adkilla on Tue 22nd Sep 2009 05:57 UTC
adkilla
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2005-07-07

Does anyone here have a link to the official EU press release?

I keep bumping into third party news releases in my search with no official links in sight.

Thanks.

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RE[2]: Official EU statement
by adkilla on Wed 23rd Sep 2009 05:57 UTC in reply to "RE: Official EU statement"
adkilla Member since:
2005-07-07

Thanks!

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