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What do you think of this?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=anfzpG0i9iHs&refer=technology

Via Denies Report That Intel Wants It to Stop Making Processors

By Theresa Tang

Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Via Technologies Inc., Taiwan's biggest maker of personal-computer chipsets, denied a news report that it may spin off its microprocessor business and scale back chipset production because of pressure from client Intel Corp.

``The report isn't true,'' Richard Chang, deputy spokesman for Taipei-based Via, said in a phone interview today. ``It's purely market and media speculation.''

Do you think this is more proof that Intel is strongarming competitors, or do you believe VIA's spokesman?