EU likely to fine Intel for anti-competitive behavior

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heruamon said:

Right..it's fines, to support the EU's ability to fine more companies that succeed. I'll tell you this, I can't see the US Gov't letting this go unchecked. This fine is excessive, to say the least, and with a fine this harsh, it's going to spin into politics quickly. The case here, imho, is to prove how EU consumers were harmed, not to protect a US company from another US company for the sake of competition. I jsut don't see this fine standing up to the withering attack it is going to receive from most US business and the pressure that will be applied to get this overturned. Bottomline will be this...if htey can do this to Intthey can do this others...Apple and Itunes is so going to be in the crosshairs...btw...are they going to force Apple to use AMD chips in their systems?

 

You're making it look like this will turn into an international diplomatic disaster. Maybe World War 3 even?

Your posts are becoming thread spam. You keep repeating the same thing, not yet having explained why this case is such a big deal when similar ones (especially Microsoft's) haven't caused any trouble before. Not just that but USA's regulators are saying they'll get harder on companies, opening the possibility Intel gets fined again.