EU issues anti-trust statement against Intel

First and foremost I wish to say that I admire both Intel and AMD as companies. Earlier today the European Commission issued a statement accusing Intel of anti-competitive behavior. This was after the result of an investigation which required months (years) of work. Intel would be wise, in my personal opinion, to fully cooperate with the European Commission and offer an out of court settlement to AMD. If Intel prefers to battle the European Commission in courts just as Microsoft has done it would simply make things worse. Microsoft prefers to use the European Courts but just how much money is being spent from the company on a protracted legal battle. Admittently Microsoft pulls in about 1 billion U.S. dollars a week so it has plenty of money, but still millions have to be spent in courts which would be better spent on investors.

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