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Can you explain what you tried so say with that? Customer needs don't really matter in cases where monopolist (ab)uses the law to kill competition. That's the

• debugnik 10mo ago
  The "required" in that sentence should be read strictly: some customers, mainly governmental, wouldn't have bought Intel chips in the first place without access to alternative suppliers (AMD and previously VIA). Intel had to give in.
• sokoloff 10mo ago
  I read GP to mean that Intel had strong incentive to cooperate in order to make the initial sale. That’s where the customer need was relevant.
• zenethian 10mo ago
  Neither company were like they are now back then. Intel needed a second supplier for their chips because nobody trusted manufacturing from a single source provider.
• nineteen999 10mo ago
  That wasn't the case. Their customers were the military. The second sourcing was required if they wanted DoD contracts.