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To: Elmer Phud who wrote (268528)	10/12/2011 2:01:27 PM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

>the fundamental purpose of anti-competition law is to level the playing field, and not to prop up weaker competitors. A weak competitor was the measure of an unlevel playing field. By "leveling" it, Intel has only performed better and AMD worse. Come on, now you're just making s*t up as you go again. The actual* measure of an unlevel playing field would have been a trial, deciding the issue of the allegations against Intel. As it happened, the parties settled with, as you said, AMD getting a wad of cash and almost everything they wanted, in lieu of this "measure." Maybe it wasn't so unlevel in the first place. Intel said AMD's woes were self inflicted. After all the "leveling", AMD did a swan dive into an empty pool. Only the Lawyers prospered from all the bickering, not the consumer. The Corporate ambulance chasers lined their pockets and that's about all that came out of it. There was no trial, as you're so fond of reminding everyone... What Intel said is as irrelevant as what AMD said. Regardless, the behavioral changes imposed on Intel were intended to level the playing field, not rig it in AMD's favor... They had no guarantee of subsequent success in the post-settlement market. fpg

To: Elmer Phud who wrote (268528)	10/12/2011 2:07:23 PM
From: rsi_boy	Respond to of 275872

I can't argue with Elmer today. Everything he's saying today is bang out. What's interesting is the market response, AMD is up. Buy on the news I guess now that the biggest skeleton of AMD's mismanagement these last few years is finally shaken out of the closet and we have the measure of it. Of course "up" for NYSE:AMD is a pretty relative term. Could just mean that even the shorts have lost interest in trading AMD, are covering now that the last predictable big negative is out.