NYT blasts FTC for "going AWOL" on Intel antitrust case

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Opinions are not facts. Namecalling is not debate. And I, for one, regard some Intel products "innovative and useful".

at 11/1/2007 2:14:27 PM, mike said: So let me get this straight. Major investigations are launched around the world into Intel's dirty dealings, yet in the US, nothing but an "informal cooperative review", and people out there think there's nothing wrong with this situation? If Intel has nothing to hide, it should, itself, push for the formal review and clear its name once and for all...but wait, how DO you clean slime balls? The only "slime ball" here is Mike. The guy who wrote this comment. Name calling is very childish, Mike. I do not care much for Intel either But the guys who work there are not "slime balls".

at 10/30/2007 1:30:44 PM, fair guy said: We know Intel has dominant market in personal computer chips and has been taken consumer''s choice away by using their power and unfair business practice. US government needs to listen to the decisions from all over the world and should move forward to decision to make fair competition like other countries did. NO, we do not know this. No one can possibley know this except Intel at this point. "WE KNOW... is a stupid commen't.

Innovation (see 2nd posting) is an idiot too. He/She cannot possibly have any knowledge of what he/she is saying. Why even say it?

How are we readers to know if Intel is coercing computer makers to not use AMD chips? I like AMD and DO NOT like Intel, but we consumers have NO WAY of knowing if this is happening. This type of question is pretty stupid.

why change my product to something that consumers find innovative and useful when i can just monopolise the market? If intel continues its way, consumers will just be forced to buy upgraded old products at whatever cost they stamp on the price tag. AMD have come a long way to prove that it always changes for the better in terms of quality, the benchmarks by 3rd parties shows.

based on your comment below, yes you are right, it's called the MONOPOLY LEAGUE...(NYT and AMD have the right to their opinions; It may be that Intel is simply in a different league !! )

smart1 (see first comment) is an idiot.

It's interesting how easy it is for the truth to be twisted. The anti-trust laws in each of the other countries in which Intel has been investigated are very different than the anti-trust laws here in the United States, and this has nothing to do with any "corruptness going on behind the scenes" Our laws in the U.S. are actually more pro-competition. AMD and Intel are involved in a lawsuit in the United States as we speak. If Intel is in any way infringing any laws, AMD will have its day in court to prove that. Our U.S. taxpayers don't need to pay to have our FTC investigate a company already under obligation to appear in court.

NYT and AMD have the right to their opinions; It may be that Intel is simply in a different league !!

I think it's great the NYT went on with such an opinionated editorial. The Europe, Japan and S. Korea has already filed complaints... yet, the USA's corrupt political systems has people paid off enough to allow the FTC to sit on their butts and turn the other way. It's a sad reality of the US, and the FTC... and the corruptness going on behind the scenes politically.

So let me get this straight. Major investigations are launched around the world into Intel's dirty dealings, yet in the US, nothing but an "informal cooperative review", and people out there think there's nothing wrong with this situation? If Intel has nothing to hide, it should, itself, push for the formal review and clear its name once and for all...but wait, how DO you clean slime balls?

Are you serious? Your answer is "since when is it a crime to "convince" your customer to use your product instead of someon else's"? Do you know what a monopoly is? Do you know what legal versus illegal business practices are? This is not about a plant going up in NY. Have you seen what other country's responses have been to this. Do more research or use some common sense before you make an uneducated answer to a very complex situation.

We know Intel has dominant market in personal computer chips and has been taken consumer''s choice away by using their power and unfair business practice. US government needs to listen to the decisions from all over the world and should move forward to decision to make fair competition like other countries did.

Intel may be the 800lb gorilla, and they may be bullies because of that mass. But there is no other organization on the planet which can decide to invest $4Bn in a fab...and do it with entrepreneurial risk-taking. The problem is that investment capital is more mobile than governments.

How absurd. Intel's margins have always been in the 50% range, yet Intel is being accused of selling below cost? How could Intel possibly sell meaningful quantity below cost and still maintain such margins? When AMD made a better product, they swallowed up market share. For smaller companies, the processor business is difficult to compete in, when each fab plant costs billions to build. Intel invented this business. Some people don't like success.

Intel wants you to focus on the notion that Sen. Schumer from NY is pushing the FTC for a formal investigation of Intel because AMD has indicated its desire to build its next fab in New York. Don't take that bait - focus on the merits. THREE independent competition authorities have ruled that Intel illegally abused its monopoly power (Europe, Japan and S. Korea) and they arrived at their conclusions based on evidence they seized from Intel and

Something reeks at the FTC when they refuse to investigate a behemoth corporation with 90% global market share who has run afoul in the past and is currently being investigated by a host of other countries for very specific anti-competitive practices. If that doesn't deserve an FTC investigation, what does it take? There's obviously more to this story I hope the NYT reveals.

Intel's Craig Barret and Paul Oetellini have been know for a long time to have contributed large sums into republican campaign funds; of course I'm not surprised at FTC's decision, which runs counter to every international counterpart. And it would also surprise no one if the FTC decision was made through intense pressure from higher-ups, who have close ties to Intel.

Intel obviously knows how to deal under the table. So what? That's how business gets done around here! AMD only wishes it could be as sly as Intel.

Shame on FTC and INTEL. I personally learned my lesson with $2,600.00 and realized that this huge cheating games do exist in our system and business. There is not much, or nothing we can do about it. They sell poor equipment with cheating advertisement, and draging on practice to drag you through the pricy warranty. INTEL, shame on you. FTC, you should sent to Iraq with Bush.

This is just further proof that Intel's "might makes right". The FTC's decision was no surprise. Intel has a cash pile bigger than all of AMD's assets. Intel used that money and power to maintain its market share, and now it has purchased the US government. No surprise.

More crap from New York because AMD has committed to building a fab there (which will not be built given AMD's financial situation). Since when is it a crime to try to convince a customer to use your product instead of someone else's. This is a joke.... These people may be risking a class action lawsuit from Intel shareholders....