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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by 534b44a on Monday January 29, 2018 @06:37AM (#16256891)
I doubt some the best/most popular players of the USA-tech-industry dream team will get any real punishment at their own soil. Any fines will give a sense of justice to the public but it will just be peanuts.
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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by eddieD401 on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:17AM (#16288775)
These won't be the same peanuts from the peanut gallery right? I didn't get many to begin with and if we have to share...
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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by richardwhiuk on Monday January 29, 2018 @03:35PM (#16260426)
They aren't going to get fined. There's nothing they can be fined for.
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