FAIL.
Apparently you've missed the fact that we have been discussing the hypothetical. The string of absurdities required for AMD's charges to be true are what invalidates the hypothesis in the first place.
The hypothetical was about Intel having monopoly power, not abusing monopoly power.
What follows addresses the wrong hypothetical, LOL.
Regardless:
Intel must be inherently evil to hatch such a diabolical plot.
"Inherently evil?" Says who? What does that even mean? Getting a little melodramatic with your defense?
Intel must have a corporate policy of encouraging, directing and supporting illegal activity on a world wide basis.
Of course, it doesn't have to be official policy. It could just be ingrained in the corporate culture. Subtle, secretive (of course), systematic abuse of monopoly power.
Intel must enlist either the willing cooperation of all the world's major OEMs in the exclusion of AMD products, or their unwilling cooperation by the use of threats, intimidation, coercion or other forceful means.
Yup. Monopolies can do that, and the means can be subtle. It doesn't need to be outrageous and obvious like you are intimating.
Those major OEMs must conspire with Intel (again be it willingly or unwillingly) to hide their illegal activity from the justice system.
Who else requires NDA's for their sales contracts?
The legal filings by major International companies to keep their confidential information confidential are examples of their fear of the exposure of their conspiracy with Intel.
The preference for non-disclosure is certainly not behavior that would be inconsistent with a company involved (even perhipherally) in an antitrust suit.
The filings by one of AMD's major customers to quit searching for a smoking gun where none exists is proof they are part of Intel's conspiracy.
Can be interpreted as rhetoric by one of the more egregious "collaborators" (who may in fact also be genuinely irritated at the request) without being inconsistent. Besides, how would Toshiba know that no smoking gun exists anywhere? Do they have intimate access to their competitors' and Intel's business interactions?
(As an example of what would be inconsistent with Intel/Toshiba being innocent/uninvolved, how about being found to have broken antitrust laws by Japan's Federal Trade Commission?)
The expectation that the introduction of an advanced CPU architecture (Opteron) would immediately be welcomed with open arms by both all the world's OEMs and customers, despite AMD's complete lack of experience in the server market space and their terrible track record of delivering to schedule.
Opteron was more than a server chip. "Immediately" is your own artificially high criteria. AMD had already had plenty of exposure in the server business outside of Tier 1 OEMs.
Any time lag between the publishing of Opteron datasheets and major MSS wins can be explained purely in terms of the above listed worldwide conspiracies conducted by threats of retaliation from Intel.
Hammer's datasheets were released long before the launch of the chips. "Purely" is your own artificially high criteria.
The fact that not one single company has stepped forward to corroborate AMD's charges is further proof of the extent to which Intel has spread fear throughout the world community.
"Stepped forward?" On a public stage? National television perhaps? Did it ever occur to you that companies might find it unwise to comment on pending legal matters?
The above combination of absurdities required is just too silly to seriously entertain. The alternative is much simpler and requires nothing more that common sense. AMD's management is and has been incompetent.
Or Intel is an abusive monopoly... That's not so difficult to believe either.
Absurd is your invention of a rogue salesman as a contingency scapegoat for any potential illegal activities that may come to light.
Of course, you will not seriously address anything I wrote above.
And of course, true to form, you changed the subject away from the topic of the possibility of Intel wielding monopoly power, and the ramifications which that possibility has on Intel's ability to manipulate prices.
Just like I predicted.
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