sound like a BS law. intel has every right to offer deals to other companies in turn for not buying AMD products. that is how business works. but since intel has a better business model and a better product they are fined for being to good. cause you know AMD does the same thing.
as much as this is very much the truth - a lot of Intel's tactics went beyond just "aggressive business practices" and were more along the lines of "mob-like business practices" It wasn't that they offered deals to certain vendors now and then - it was that everyonce in a while Intel would threaten to pull their business if target company didn't comply with their unreasonable demands.
This is just the start of a chain reaction, as Intel still has numerous lawsuits and investigations pending in Asia, Europe and the United States.
AMD has been very docile in their business practices over the years, and have bitten the bullet hard when they were behind, they've been more than willing to admit when their new CPUs don't meet expectations, or when they've run into unforseen issues (i.e. Phenoms), and they usually don't make any statements when Intel gets on it's ego-trip; but it's at the point now where they've had to say something, and even still they've been rather quiet about it instead of making a massive-deal over it.
http://breakfree.amd.com/en-us/default.aspx
Keep in mind also, that a lot of these investigations have come from 3rd parties - meaning these organizations have been under no pressure at all from AMD; they noticed something was up to begin with, or they recieved a tip-off from an anonymous source.
As much as I've supported Intel over the years, and still do, I'd love to see them get bitch-slapped right about now.
