Replies to post #18390 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[wbmw]

Re: or how about simply not tying up their supply of processors to an OEM to their competitors.

I've spent about 5 minutes trying to decode what this jumble of words means, but I can't seem to penetrate the logic of your inner psyche. Maybe someone can help.

P.S. literally, it asks whether Intel would be interested in "tying up" sales to a customer of Intel's competitor. So you want Intel to not hold back sales to HP, and this will somehow help AMD to compete? Is Intel holding back sales now?

[Tenchu]

Mas, I remember when the "Intel Inside" campaign was supposedly a hidden discount given to OEMs for buying Intel processors. So said Jerry Sanders, who claimed the campaign was proof that Intel was guilty of "predatory pricing."

Nothing is new under the sun.

Tenchu

[wbmw]

Rick Whittington, a Caris & Co. analyst, said the legal action has been expected and breaks no new ground.

"The timing of this suit, in our view, is Sales and Marketing 101," he said in a research note. "Get the attention of the customer as market demand heats up and you have sizable supply coming down the pike. Put the competitor, to whatever extent possible, on the ropes and force them to adopt less aggressive sales tactics, if even marginal."

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050628/intel_antitrust_lawsuit.html?.v=15

Meanwhile, you guys (on the AMD thread) are taking it waaaayyyy too seriously.