[IP] Re: Intel said to be facing U.S. antitrust investigation

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Brock N Meeks [bmeeks@cox.net]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:29 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Intel said to be facing U.S. antitrust investigation

Just a history refresher course here... Chmn. Kovacic came to the FTC
on the heels of being among the most often quoted experts during the
Microsoft anti-trust trial.  I know I certainly used (or over-used as
the case may be) him as a source when I was covering the trial.  I
always enjoyed his straight-forward manner.

Other factoid... and this I'm a little hazy on, so other reporters
that did their time in Judge Jackson's court room, correct me if I'm
wrong here, but I seem to remember a highly placed official, perhaps
Andy Grove himself, that commented on Microsoft's habit of saving
every single piece of e-mail and noted that the policy within Intel
was to get rid of such e-mail, or that, going forward from the time of
the Microsoft trial, that Intel would institute a policy of deleting e-
mail.

If Intel is brought to trial, those emails, or lack there of, would be
interesting.


On Jun 6, 2008, at 12:13 PM, David Farber wrote:

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> Intel said to be facing U.S. antitrust investigation
> By Stephen Labaton The New York Times
> Friday, June 6, 2008
>
> The  Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal antitrust
> investigation of Intel, the world's largest maker of computer
> microprocessors, for anticompetitive conduct, government officials
> and lawyers involved in the proceeding said Friday.
>
> The officials and lawyers said that in recent days Intel, its
> smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices, and several of the world's
> largest personal computer makers that buy semiconductors from the
> two companies have begun to receive subpoenas from the commission.
>
> The investigation into accusations that Intel's pricing policies
> have been designed to maintain a near-monopoly on the microprocessor
> market was authorized by William E. Kovacic, the new chairman of the
> trade commission, and has the support of the agency's other
> commissioners.
>
> It reversed a decision by his predecessor, Deborah P. Majoras, who
> had been blocking the formal inquiry for many months, frustrating
> other senior commission officials and some lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
>
> <snip>
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/06/technology/07chip.php




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