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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (242007)	10/8/2007 7:34:42 AM
From: gvatty	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

No, that was Japan's FTC that made the findings about Intel's predatory rebates. Intel agreed to stop the predatory practice. It was not AMD's interpretation of Intel's contracts. It was the government of Japan. If the oems pocket the rebates it doesn't help the consumer. Which is the heart of your argument. Volume rebates are fine, as long as they are not tied to the condition that you can't sell any of my competitor's product to get the discount. You also stall the entry of Intel's best chips by limiting competition. Intel's research and development is probably 10 times the size of AMD and it has been that way for many years. They have been able the bundle chips, their motherboards, and their graphics cards for a long time. They should be light years ahead of AMD. They shouldn't have to resort to predatory pricing, rebates, etc. to keep market share. Sure let the market decide, when it's a level playing field and there are no illegal activities propping up Intel's marketshare.