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To: JCB01 who wrote (260224)	5/15/2009 9:37:23 AM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

So publish a standard discount schedule that's used for everybody It shouldn't be too much to ask. After all, Intel's technology is so great that they shouldn't need to jump through hoops with crazy, NDA'ed discount schedules and rebates to get wins, right? And yet they fight against this tooth & nail...

To: JCB01 who wrote (260224)	5/15/2009 12:13:02 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

JCB, I think I'm more bothered by the political angle of this EU decision than by the merits of the antitrust case. AMD has always made a lot of PR over competing on merit, yet it is clear to me that they are playing a political game. They made gains with Opteron all on its own merit, but now they're trying to make gains by suing. And they have a sympathetic ear in one authoritarian biotch ... Tenchusatsu