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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (260202)	5/14/2009 5:02:45 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

"Apparently in the EU's eyes, giving volume discounts is always going to be illegal for a company with 80% market share." No, that isn't true. But you know that, don't you? "Because they don't want Intel to become the next Microsoft." That doesn't make sense. For one, they pretty much already are. For another, why would they care? And finally, Intel employs more people in Europe than AMD does. So they should be more sympathetic to Intel.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (260202)	5/14/2009 5:13:33 PM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

The "equally-efficient competitor" argument can never apply because you can never have two companies having 80% share at the same time. facepalm > Why do you think that the EC would unfairly favor AMD? Because they don't want Intel to become the next Microsoft. I don't know how many times I've mentioned that on this thread. Uhh, that's an example of "disfavor Intel", not "favor AMD." Heaven forbid the EC antitrust division wanting to prevent Intel from becoming another abusive monopoly... LOL. fpg