At 09:27 AM 6/5/1998 -0700, Kathy E. Gill so eloquently stated:
>At 8:19 PM -0400 6/4/98, Gordon Campbell wrote:
>>At 08:25 AM 03/06/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>>This is the Board that could never decide to sue Microsoft ....
>>>
>>>*** FTC staff recommends antitrust suit against Intel
>>
>>What a crock. What Intel has is nothing like a monopoly by any stretch of
>>the imagination. Look at the popularity of Cyrix and AMD processors. Jeez...
>
>(1) intel has something like >90% market share, like MS. by any stretch of
>the imagination, this is a monopoly. how many "joe sixpacks" have ever
>heard of cyrix? zero. how many "main line" pcs use cyrix chips -- nada. a
>few have put them in their <$1000 machines, contributing to the perception
>that they are 'inferior, cheap' chips, when many folks say they are the
>superior chip.
>
IBM? Compaq? Actually AMD and Cyrix work as well as Intel and a
lot cheaper. The last machine we bought had an AMD chip and no
problems. We got it from Tiger.
>(2) more important .. intel has engaged in anti-competitive practices --
>which is what is "illegal" ... not the having of a monopoly per recent case
>in either NC or SC was won by the plaintiff.
>
How? Unlike MS, they don't force manufacturers to use their
products. Until recently they were the only game in town. MS
says you can put any O/S you want on a machine as long as it also
includes Windows.
George
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