Intel Responds to the EU's Publishing of Evidence
Intel's CEO insists the EU overstepped the line by publishing yesterday's smoking gun email correspondence between the company and computer manufacturers.
The BBC today reports that Intel is looking forward to the day when it can stand before a court of law and appeal the European Union's ruling. Intel CEO Paul Otellini spoke to BBC News following his keynote address at IDF yesterday afternoon.
"I can't wait to get our side of the story out in the public" Otellini said. "I continue to believe and assert they (the European Commission) have got it wrong. We have appealed and we will win on appeal."
The EU yesterday posted the details of rebates Intel offered to manufacturers in exchange for not stocking AMD products or delaying and sometimes canceling AMD product launches. According to the Beeb, Otellini said yesterday, "EU prosecutors have consistently ignored information that would have painted an entirely different story about those memos."
"We are precluded from releasing our own documents, which I thought was a bit unfair," said Mr. Otellini. "In the Intel case I think they have certainly overstepped."
To read more about the emails published, check out yesterday's piece. To read Paul Otellini's comments to the BBC, click here.
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I'm not the only one would like to hear Intel's response. How does Mr Otellini plan to justify the fact that they blatantly and actively tried to undermine the competition?
Makes you think dosent it, so why dont the EU want a frank and open enquiry ?
Besause this is how they fund the gravy train thats why
Germany and the UK fund the gravy train, I'm guessing that Intel have conclusive proof that they didn't do anything wrong in the form of a signed (and dated) internal memo saying "we'll all promise not to do anything illegal".
I just hope that HP etc get the same treatment, if not they saying that agreeing to such practices isnt a crime in and of itself ? So if you are offered some think you know to be illegal and you accept it, you are not at fault ? Pirate bay will love to push that finding in the faces of the judges come the appeal.
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