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Peeano
Netherlands5965 Posts
By JAMES KANTER Published: May 13, 2009 BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Wednesday fined Intel a record €1.06 billion ($1.44 billion) for abusing its dominance in the market for computer chips to exclude Advanced Micro Devices, which is Intel’s only serious rival. The E.U. competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said the penalty against Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, was justified because the company had skewed competition and robbed consumers of choice. + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
Quite a fine they gave intel. But this is good, they should proceed and do their job better and throw more fines. There are many companies in many areas who are abusing their dominant stance on the market. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
What exactly have Intel done to deserve this? Their products are just ... superior. Unlike microsoft who abuse the channel relationships, intel is actually worthy of their dominance. | ||
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wo0py
Netherlands922 Posts
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Peeano
Netherlands5965 Posts
Intel pays manufacturers to NOT manufacture/make any A.M.D. chips/parts | ||
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Flyingdutchman
Netherlands858 Posts
On May 13 2009 19:55 haduken wrote: Intel have such strong ties in distributor channels that i don't see how this will change anything. What exactly have Intel done to deserve this? Their products are just ... superior. Unlike microsoft who abuse the channel relationships, intel is actually worthy of their dominance. That's not the point, although I do agree that Intel is better atm. What they did was to pay large companies to only use their products. Dell, Acer, HP, and Media Markt for example. This all happened between 2002 and 2007 (when the performance gap between AMD and Intel products wasn't as skewed). Intel has appealed, so who knows what they will eventually pay. | ||
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gusbear
333 Posts
On May 13 2009 19:55 haduken wrote: What exactly have Intel done to deserve this? Their products are just ... superior. facepalm | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
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VarmVaffel
Norway378 Posts
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dybydx
Canada1764 Posts
my friend works at AMD is worried that the company may go down or hand out pink slips. | ||
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nitram
Canada5412 Posts
Great that this fine happened. A single company dominating a market is never good. | ||
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ramen247
United States1256 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32282 Posts
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Gray[FH
152 Posts
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
On May 14 2009 10:38 VarmVaffel wrote: Am I oldschool for supporting AMD instead of Intel? Yes. | ||
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funkie
Venezuela9377 Posts
On May 14 2009 12:38 Gray[FH wrote: didnt this happen with microsoft? Yes. | ||
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piskooooo
United States351 Posts
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 15 2009 01:36 Torenhire wrote: I don't think Intel really deserved it, but whatever. Even if Intel paid manufacturers to build using Intel chipsets, AMD could do just the same. that's not really a level playing field, and not a precedent that you want to establish. companies should compete on the product that they're selling for business, and not compete on what kind of subsidies or kickbacks they can give to the other people in the supply chain. | ||
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Reason
United Kingdom2770 Posts
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