[posted as a response to an article on The Inquirer.]
Whatever Patrick said, I agree with his opinion 100%. What have they got to lose to share the information of the suit?
What the lawsuit says Intel is doing, has done and will do, is use the massive marketing budget it controls to unfairly force manufacturers to use Intel exclusively. And that is NOT GOOD FOR ANY OF US.
I wish AMD chips had gotten in the Macbooks, but perhaps next round they will have a better mobile offering.
Intel is like the 1000 lb. gorilla in the ring. Their budgets and market share is close to 90% of the Windows computers on the market. That does not make them the better chip, just the more successful. And they DO like to use their marketing muscle to keep competition down.
Let them market all they want. But when they start using those marketing dollars, known as affiliate marketing programs, to influence large manufacturers like Dell to NOT offer AMD options, that is called unfair. And it should not be tolerated by Microsoft in Europe or by Intel in the US, or anywhere.
Mr. Morehead is a smart cookie. He knows stirring up the talk is good for AMD. And public awareness of the entire situation would be BAD for Intel.
It's sort of a social media slam dunk.
I say, "Well played, Mr. Morehead."
@jmacofearth
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