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FTC Sues Intel for Abuse of Monopoly Power
- rottencupcakes 17y ago"The commission also alleges that Intel secretly redesigned key software, known as a compiler, that deliberately stunted the performance of competitors' CPU chips." The EU finally drops its antitrust suit against Microsoft, but the FTC seems to want to waste more time and money.
- houseabsolute 17y agoThe difference is that Microsoft has not actually engaged recently in anticompetitive practices. Some of the concessions they were forced to make in the EU go beyond mere antitrust into the realm of taxing their success under the guise of antitrust protection. The Intel case is different. Intel _has_ done anticompetitive things. For the sake of we consumers, it's important that they be brought to justice so that they and other companies are less tempted in the future to do what they have done.