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To: tejek who wrote (66747)	7/27/1999 9:39:00 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574332

Tejek Re Predatory Pricing Here is another data point to consider. The FTC (not the DoJ) has investigated Intel for years and continues the investigation to this day. As part of the investigation the FTC asks Intel for all kinds of documents including pricing, costs, and anything the FTC desires. The FTC action against Intel, and subsequent settlement, did not claim predatory pricing. It concerned only Intel's actions in denying technology when attacked with a patent law suit. By the way, the FTC settlement was a fig leaf for the FTC on a very bad case and Intel can continue to deny technology to a patent attacker. The FTC was and is motivated to find an issue with Intel. They are highly motivated to show that they are just as rough and tough as their sister agency, the DoJ, that is pursuing Microsoft. However, they have found no indication of predatory pricing or they would have made that claim. This is solid proof, from an agency that has a chance to see everything Inside Intel, that Intel does not engage in predatory pricing, which is after all a legal definition.