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Re:Intel Responds to Complaints About Microcode Benchmarking... by hajile on Thursday August 23, 2018 @02:08PM (#17829398)
Companies like IBM or Oracle have had these clauses for decades to prevent users from comparing performance.

Such EULA clauses need to be put to the test and overturned for the anti-consumer monopolistic garbage they are.

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Re:Intel Responds to Complaints About Microcode Benchmarking... by mmagin on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:25PM (#17829907)
I was casually wondering the other day if Intel had hired some Oracle lawyers recently :)
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Re:Intel Responds to Complaints About Microcode Benchmarking... by thsealienbstrds on Friday August 24, 2018 @02:57AM (#17833257)
Yep. It's like buying a box of cookies that says you agree to not compare the taste of these cookies with the tastes of other cookies.
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