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Default [consumerist] NY AG: Intel Is An Illegal Monopoly That Uses "Bribery And Coercion"

Wow, just wow.

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Here's the breakdown of how the AG's office says different computer makers were paid off by Intel to guarantee market share and keep businesses from using their competitor's products:

Dell

* In 2006, Intel paid Dell almost $2 billion in "rebates," and in two quarters of that year, rebate payments exceeded Dell's reported net income
* From 2001 to 2006, Intel granted Dell a privileged position vis-à-vis other computer makers in return for Dell's agreement not to market any products from Advanced Micro Devices ("AMD") (NYSE: AMD), Intel's major competitor
* Intel and Dell collaborated to market microprocessors and servers at prices below cost in order to deprive AMD of strategically important competitive successes

HP

* Intel threatened HP that it would derail development of a server technology on which HP's future business depended if HP promoted products from AMD
* Intel paid HP hundreds of millions of dollars in rebates in return for HP's agreement to cap HP's sales of AMD-based products at 5% of its business desktop PCs
* In 2006, Intel and HP entered into an broader, company-wide agreement to pay HP $925 million to increase Intel's shares of HP's sales at AMD's expense

IBM

* Intel paid IBM $130 million not to launch an AMD-based server product
* Intel threatened to pull funding for joint projects that benefited IBM if IBM marketed AMD-based server products
* Intel pressured IBM to launch another AMD-based server only on an "unbranded" basis
I hope i'm not reposting.

linky: http://consumerist.com/5397053/ny-ag...y-and-coercion
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Only read the details about the HP business before. Thanks for the post.
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in two quarters of that year, rebate payments exceeded Dell's reported net income
I found this part a bit funny.
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That's nice, but an anti-trust suit would fall through in court. Intel being splintered in 4 different companies, and having the x86 free of licensing fees would make Moore's law the fat kid in gym class.
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