EU Draws Rebuke In Intel Case Lapse

[Silus]

Seems that the antitrust regulator failed to record "potentially exculpatory" evidence from a witness in its investigation of Intel...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124967239079915187.html?ru=MKTW#mod=MKTW

The reports says that the executive, who isn't identified, is believed to have told investigators that Dell viewed the performance of Intel rival Advanced Micro DevicesInc. as "very poor."

That could imply that Dell chose Intel chips for technical reasons, rather than because it was muscled into doing so. The EU concluded in the case that some manufacturers bought all or nearly all of their chips from Intel out of fear of losing valuable rebates if they turned to AMD.

Largely because there was no record of the discussion, it isn't clear precisely what the executive said -- nor what time period his statements referred to. In fact, that year Dell broke years of de facto exclusivity and began selling servers with AMD chips.

This doesn't seem to be over, as was expected anyway, considering the huge fine.

 

[Benjus]

It's the same thing over and over. I wish the EU would stop trolling in trying to protect floundering businesses.