Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
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On 03/30/07 11:00, Paul E Condon wrote:
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> I didn't follow your argument, but of course Microsoft is a
> monopoly. There is no monopoly in the computer hardware manufacturing
> business, and there isn't an oligopoly, and certainly not an
In June 2005, AMD sued Intel over anti-trust violations.
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Jun/gee20050629031144.htm
claiming that Santa Clara-based Intel has violated 7
different kinds of anti-trust laws spread across three
continents involving at least 38 separate large companies,
all in an attempt to marginalize AMD's ability to sell
its products.
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Former Compaq CEO Michael Capellas claims Intel "[held] a
gun to his head" by witholding shipments of server chips,
forcing Compaq to stop using AMD chips in its products.
Gateway execs say Intel "beat them into guacamole" in
pricing after Gateway announced a line of systems based on
AMD's chips.
Further, the suit alleges that Dell and Toshiba were paid
large sums of money specifically to not do business with
AMD. Sony was also coerced with "millions for exclusivity"
to carry nothing but Intel-based products. AMD's share of
Sony sales thereafter took a nosedive from 23% to zero,
and has stayed there ever since.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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