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To: Mahmoud Mohammed who wrote (259544)	4/7/2009 12:28:53 PM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Just another of your "strawman" arguments blowing in the breeze. For it to be a strawman, I'd have to attack a misrepresentation of someone's argument. Try, try again. Re: " ... I made no mention of volume discounts." I never said you did [...] However, I did want to make clear that "volume discounts" are not illegal as some AMD fanbois have indicated. Then I'd suggest responding to them in situ. 'Cause personally, I don't require your tutelage. fpg

To: Mahmoud Mohammed who wrote (259544)	4/7/2009 2:19:48 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

"However, I did want to make clear that "volume discounts" are not illegal as some AMD fanbois have indicated." First, the use of the word "fanbois" will get you banned. As will "droid" in its various incarnations. Second, some types of volume discounts are, in fact, illegal. Tailoring the discount schedule so that the only significant discounts are realized when then customer buys exclusively, or close to it from you is illegal. We know for a fact that Intel offered such a discount schedule to Sony. Or, at least, the JFTC made the claim and produced heavily redacted documents that seemed to indicate such and Intel only disputed that such was illegal, not that it didn't happen. And the available evidence seems to indicate the practice was widespread. AMD based products would inexplicable vanish from the shelves towards the end of slow quarters, almost as if the OEM wasn't sure they would reach a certain volume of Intel parts. The AMD based products would then dutifully reappear at the start of the next quarter. Not proof by any means. But, in light of the Sony case, definitely something that rouses suspicion. Giving a tailored discount schedule to each different customer is dicey at best. Which is why most companies have a set schedule that differs in only minor ways with their various customers. It keeps them out of court.