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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 231.83+1.7%Jan 16 9:30 AM EST
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To: fastpathguru who wrote (254991)7/31/2008 9:05:48 PM
From: Elmer PhudRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
EU's actions are designed to protect "competition", not "the competition".

You have no basis to claim that the EU's actions are "at the expense of the consumer"

In this particular case, "competition" and "the competition" are one and the same, namely AMD. As consumers have been enjoying lower prices and higher performance, the EU's actions would therefore be intended to protect AMD by forcing consumers to pay more if Intel can't offer volume rebates. How you can claim that there is no basis to call that "at the expense of the consumer" is a real head scratcher. The consumers want Intel products, otherwise AMD would simply match Intel's rebate program. They can't because demand won't support the volume. If it could all this would be moot. In the EU, having a competitive "competitor" is apparently not a requirement for having "competition" and it once again supports statements from the EU that say a Monopoly will not be tolerated.
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