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AMD Takes Microsoft's Side in Antitrust Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-look-at-that dept.

Skjellifetti writes "CNet has an article that says that AMDs CEO is opposed to the MS antitrust remedy being persued by the states. " There's a lot of information packed fairly tightly in that article that I won't rehash here. Worth a read tho. Update: 04/16 18:01 GMT by M : Reuters has a story with more about Sanders' testimony today.

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  1. Re:as the truth unfolds... by NETHED · · Score: 2, Funny

    Advanced Micro Devices...

    or is it Advancing Microsoft's Development

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  2. Re:as the truth unfolds... by hirschma · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, it is Advancing Microsoft's Domination :)

  3. Re:as the truth unfolds... by Indras · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost Monopoly Dependant

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  4. Poor Slashdotters by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Poor Slashdotters,

    AMD good... but M$ bad... but AMD good... but M$ bad... but AMD good
    MOMMY!

    It's actually the smartest thing I've heard lately. A bunch of different OS versions won't help consumers, but releasing the APIs would. Go Sanders.

  5. 20 years by _crunge · · Score: 3, Funny

    "would set the computer industry back almost 20 years." So if it set the industry back 20 years.... MSWindows wouldnt be around right?... doesnt sound like a bad trade.

  6. Re:as the truth unfolds... by jeffphil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another Microsoft Dummy

  7. Is it just me... by Screaming+Lunatic · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...or is my AMD K6-2 running Linux, Apache, Ftp, SSH, CVS, etc.
    "Microsoft's development of reliable and scalable server operating systems has enabled AMD to enter and compete more effectively in the server businesses...because most non-Microsoft server operating systems only run on specialized microprocessors," he testified.
    What a bunch of poop.