Lhot

August 05, 2010 at 8:40am

Intel bare knuckle,-brow beats any and all competitors for years, in every imaginable way, and gets a slap on the wrist and 6 commandments as a result.  While this is a great solution to the classic "irresistable force meets the immovable object"...I am truly amazed that this was settled with such obvious lack of bloodshed.  Everyone got to "save face" and the result is good for everyone.   The only part I didn't like about the settlement was that some of the '6 commandments' ONLY apply for 5 to 6 years.  This will make up for "past" anti-competitive practices, but leaves the door open for future exploitation as soon as the time limits imposed, are reached.

It's way past time to create LAWS, not temporary mandates, that will prevent ANY large corporate entity from EVER employing anti-competative practices like Intel did.

When is Microsofts turn in the FTC spotlight?  They employ the same techniques to utterly crush competition, and this FTC settlement with Intel, does not effect Microsoft...unless in the remotest sense of "legal precedence"....at some time in the future.

I think we need to get back to 'let the product and the product only speak for its worthiness'.  This under the table wheeling and dealing, brow beating and generally thowing corporation weight around... is practiced by every company I've ever heard of and it needs to stop.

Next on the plate, is the issue that the very same "practices" are being used by the major ISP's to "encourage" congress into passing a law that will, if the ISP's have their way, hurt all consumers across the board.

Maybe congress should pass a law that makes receiving OR offering, any compensation of any kind for "favors rendered", illegal!  Oh my bad, that's already a law !   :/