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To: Rink who wrote (162623)	6/28/2005 7:40:33 AM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Rink, Re: I don't trust US courts on antitrust as they allowed MS to get away with major anti-competitive behaviour as well EVEN THOUGH they were convicted of it:> I'm surprised to see no mention of Intergraph in the PDF. ( Though that was a patent suit INGR was pretty much put out of the PC market by Intel's behavior wrt X86 unfair business practices. ) It's going to be interesting. The PDF is well worth reading. Front to back. But Intel will claim "No basis in fact", stall for 5 years, settle without admitting guilt, and promise not to do the things it didn't do that weren't wrong anyway. They will, however, pay a lot of $ IMO. ;-) -tgp

To: Rink who wrote (162623)	6/28/2005 9:30:10 AM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Rink, Re: I don't trust US courts on antitrust ...> Ho, Ho. The Europeans said they didn't want to see the INGR documentation and the US courts decided they didn't have to look at it. It's going to show up in court this time around, though. At 60K pages it'll be a fun read. Re: I hope they've extracted enough evidence from their Japanese and European suits to make this US antitrust suit stick. If they have then there is even a scenario that the previously gained evidence will now allow them to poke the devil in the face enjoying it.> The pokings will continue until attitude improves... -tgp

To: Rink who wrote (162623)	6/28/2005 10:59:57 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 275872

Re: I don't trust US courts on antitrust as they allowed MS to get away with major anti-competitive behaviour It's important to not confuse federal anti-trust actions with civil suits. Nothing much happens when the government is the plaintiff, but civil suits are something else. Novell bought WordPerfect then sued over ancient history and some gained some decent settlements, starting with this $536 million payment: novell.com In this case it's a suit brought by the original company and should result in a much larger damage payment. I really think that AMD will get their next few FABs paid for by Intel.