I don't blame you for your view. You can't possibly understand the secret inside information I have and unfortunately I can't share it with you. Your assessment is false but there´s no point in arguing this again with you. You can believe Intel strongarms companies if you want to, even though no investigation ever finds any evidence. You have a right to believe what you want but you will be challenged whenever you make baseless accusations here. The legal term is libel. You make libelous claims with no proof whatsoever and you will not go unchallenged.
Keith, do you mean Hector explicitly said something about Intel policy, or this is a rumor that he did? I think if he actually did say that, you can treat it practically as a fact, because this guy is thinking before saying. Any link?