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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elmer who wrote (75665)10/15/1999 11:12:00 PM
From: vince doran  Read Replies (1) of 1573092
 
Re: "There is no question that some of this has been going on."

Very amusing, Elmer. But to be serious for a moment: Why exactly do YOU think ASUS is producing a mobo for Athlon, which appears to be a good one based on reviews, but which they are not willing to let be advertised under their name in the US, which in fact are sold here with a little paper sticker covering the ASUS name on the PCB. Others who are making and selling Athlon mobos seem to have forgotten to mention them on their websites. Most unusual. In physics we sometimes detect the presence of unseen large bodies/forces by the perturbations they produce; hmmm, I wonder what force could produce THIS behavior...

Now I don't think this is anything rare; most companies are willing to get down and play a little, well, haaardball when they feel a threat, and I don't think there is any reason to expect Intel management to hew to a higher standard. Should the government get involved? Probably not, but there IS a reason that we have anti-trust laws, and that is that we believe that competition is good for our society, and that the power that flows from being a dominant player must be constrained so that there is opportunity for competition.

Vince
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