Comments on: FTC’s Dumb Move Against Intel

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ftc - StartTags.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:46:54 +0000

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[...] Post last week, former FTC Commissioner Thomas Leary responded to a Post article describing the FTC’s suit against Intel as a “major step for President Obama,” consistent with his campaign promise to [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:14:26 +0000

Because there is the rule of law. If Intel broke the law, then they sure suffer the consequences. Even if the market is “vibrant”, or even if it looses American jobs (politics is not the rule of law), the law needs to be respected. Otherwise you end up like Iraq or something. If you don't like the law, then try to get it changed.

By: Ryan Radia

Ryan Radia — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:35:22 +0000

If Intel is found guilty of having violated Section 5 of the FTC Act, that only goes to show that antitrust laws in the U.S. are fundamentally flawed. In a vibrant market setting — and the computer CPU chip market is arguably quite vibrant — then why shouldn't Intel's practices be properly viewed as legitimate, pro-competitive behaviors?

By: fishbane

fishbane — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:54:55 +0000

So, your dedication to U.S. American jobs is... admirable, or something, but do you have an opinion on whether or not Intel in fact broke Section 5?

And is it your contention that, even if they did, they should get a pass on it because of all those jobs? I hope not, because that could hardly be considered to be a principled stance.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:14:26 +0000

By: Ryan Radia

Ryan Radia — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:35:22 +0000

By: fishbane

fishbane — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:54:55 +0000

By: funkdr

funkdr — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:21:15 +0000

This opinion piece is very sad. It's quite obvious that the writer does not have more than a rudimentary understanding of economics. Allowing this action also shows other businesses that it is ok to break the law, as long as you don't get caught. This is what leads to price fixing which hurts the consumer far more in the end. For examples of price fixing, look at recent rulings against LCD makers or memory chip makers.

Intel broke anti-trust laws. Simple as that. It does not matter that they manufacture in the US because that's not relevant. What IS relevant is that Intel paid HP, Dell and other OEM computer makers to NOT use AMD chips, to use new AMD chips weeks after they got them and to not increase their usage of AMD chips despite customer request.