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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (389219)	6/6/2008 4:18:02 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576295

Chris, > I think Intel has gotten a pass on their monopolistic practices for a long time, because Washington didn't want to crimp their style. It may be time for that to change, since foreign competition never became an issue. Well whatever happens, I'm almost positive that AMD is politically positioning themselves to benefit. For example, the fate of Albany's new technology park (i.e. tax base) depends on whether AMD will build a new multi-billion dollar fab there. Hence the reason Sen. Chuck Schumer is trying to pursue the antitrust issue. Tenchusatsu