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Re:Commission fines Qualcomm €997 million for abuse of domin... by Tuna-Fish on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @08:05AM (#16222336)
IIRC from the suit, Intel never spelled it outright that you couldn't buy AMD, they just provided sales targets required for discounts/marketing partnerships (which just paid money to the retailer for hanging up Intel advertising) with different purchase amounts for different retailers, and if the retailer started selling AMD, they'd hike up the amount until they were no longer selling AMD.
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Re:Commission fines Qualcomm €997 million for abuse of domin... by megablast on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @11:53PM (#16228860)
Ok, but how would they know how many the company was selling, and how much to mark up there amount until they weren't getting the discount?
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Re:Commission fines Qualcomm €997 million for abuse of domin... by nolok on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @12:36PM (#16224525)
Spirit of the law and intent are more important than actual wording. At last that's how it should work, and did in that case.
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