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To: Magrathea who wrote (202100)	6/14/2006 11:27:58 AM
From: zdenekb_1999	Respond to of 275872

Magrathea, this would be in line with aleph's finding earlier today: "Hamid Kutty Shajahan, owner of the debt-ridden Micron Computers, has come out strongly against the "Intel distributor cartel" for what he has termed as an attempt to monopolise the market. He alleged that Intel officials used to pressurise resellers to take stock of slow-moving products along with fast moving ones." Message 22541200

To: Magrathea who wrote (202100)	6/14/2006 11:41:00 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"What if INTC tells its customers, "to get one Conroe allocation tomorrow, you have to take three P4's today?"" That would show how desperate they are. They got their hands slapped over this way back when. They told customers to get 386s they also needed to buy 286s from them. The FTC stepped on them over the issue. So if they are doing it again, despite knowing they could get in trouble...

To: Magrathea who wrote (202100)	6/14/2006 11:49:46 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 275872

M. What if INTC tells its customers, "to get one Conroe allocation tomorrow, you have to take three P4's today?" That would be fine with AMD, as long as the conversation is recorded and witnesses are willing to testify... Joe