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.

http://www.europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/314&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Microsoft Genuine Advantage helps nab pirates

The Microsoft Genuine Advantage software helped Microsoft, federal, and international authorities nab a large counterfeit ring in China. Perhaps more importantly was the fact that retailers as well as users mailed into Microsoft the counterfeit copies of the illegal software which allowed an eventual trace to be made to the counterfeiters. I salute all of the retailers and customers which helped to nab these pirates.