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To: fastpathguru who wrote (261966)	10/15/2009 11:59:02 AM
From: Elmer Phud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Can you not read? "The meet comp response enabled Intel to [...] maintain 100% Intel NB CPU MSS at Lenovo worldwide." You're the one who can't read. I said you already listed it as proof of coercion. According to you, 100% share is proof of coercion except when it isn't. Intel managers are so well trained in what is and isn't permissible under the law that you actually claim that he's boasting about breaking the law in his highlites and Intel is awarding him in a quarterly BUM (business update meeting) for explicit anti-trust violations????? Now you're entering Dan3 territory!! Was it an evil award presented by Dr Evil? You kill me. What a hoot!

To: fastpathguru who wrote (261966)	10/16/2009 12:10:17 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Apparently you are not aware that "Meet Comp" stands for meet competition. The "Meet Comp" process begins when the buyer says: "Hey, AMD is giving me a better deal." Intel responds by giving the buyer a new offer with a lower price and perhaps better terms to match the AMD offer. The competition can continue through more than one round until someone wins the order. In the Lenova case in the email, competition worked; Lenova achieved lower costs and one of the two competitors -- Intel -- won the business and the other -- AMD -- lost. The "Meet Comp" process is a legal safe harbor to defeat legal claims from a sore loser, like AMD. Every time the NFL plays a game on Sunday, one team wins and one team loses. The only thing the losers get is "nice try guys" and a chance to win the next game. AMD deserves no better and neither does Intel on the occasions when Intel loses a sale competing with AMD at HP, Dell or some other buyer.