Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Jul 2007 09:45 UTC, submitted by JK
"As suspected, the European Union formally lodged antitrust charges against Intel, accusing the CPU maker of using illegal methods to compete against its main rival AMD. "I can confirm the statement of objections has been sent," European Commission spokesperson Ton Van Lierop said in a statement given to Reuters. This action represents the culmination of years of antitrust investigation by the EU - and is likely beginning of a very unpleasant experience for Intel. While the exact Statement of Objection has not yet been made public, the EU charges that Intel used illegal methods to coerce OEM computer manufacturers to ship systems with Intel rather than AMD processors."
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If they were at one point, that stopped a few years ago. AMD has been on the scene for quite a while now, and is even more common in consumer machines then Intel is. Take a walk through a store, for example Circuit City or Fry's Electronics. There are more machines on the shelves with AMD processors then with Intel processors. Intel processors are more expensive then AMD processors, and generally do not give you much more to work with, if anything. By the very definition of a monopoly found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly#Primary_characteristics_of_a_... they do not even come close.