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To: fastpathguru who wrote (254986)	7/31/2008 5:52:22 PM
From: Elmer Phud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

fpg Hello. Competition. Competitor. Well dah. Slowly you are starting to get the point. It appears that the EU is intent on protecting the competition, regardless of competitiveness, even at the expense of the consumer. If Intel has a better and cheaper solution, like it does, then the consumer should pay more so the competition gets a chance too? That's not letting the market work, but it appears that's not the goal of the EU, which was the point in the first place.

To: fastpathguru who wrote (254986)	7/31/2008 7:39:31 PM
From: smooth2o	Respond to of 275872

fpg: Perhaps the EC is under the impression that Intel's abuses of market power impaired or eliminated the availability of less expensive and/or better performing competitors' chips. Nice of you to think that Intel could have SO much control over the situation. Did you forget that this was ONE outlet for processors? So, it's a big one; makes sense, Intel is big. AMD has had plenty of other places in which to sell their product so there is little capability for Intel to limit AMD everywhere. In fact, when Media Markt offers only Intel it behooves others to offer AMD so one begets the other. It's not like this doesn't happen everywhere in Europe. You can't even get the beer you want in any German pub. Usually the pub has signed up with a distributor or two... Smooth