Micron Seeking Amnesty in DoJ Antitrust Probe?

deaddeng writes "Memory maker Micron Technology is allegedly seeking amnesty from a US Dept. of Justice grand jury investigation of price fixing, collusion, and antitrust by the memory industry, according to numerous news services, including the LA Times and Reuters. Last week, a Micron regional marketing employee pled guilty to charges brought under the same DoJ investigation for destruction of evidence and lying to the grand jury. The DoJ is investigating charges that major memory makers colluded to prevent the success of Rambus memory favored by Intel, and once that was achieved, colluded again to raise prices for DDR-SDRAM in 2001-02. If Micron is granted amnesty, it can keep its executives from facing criminal prosecution, but it may still face civil court challenges."

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Isn't Rambus evil?

[mattgarnsey]

The DoJ is investigating charges that major memory makers colluded to prevent the success of Rambus

So? Yeah, beat 'em down if they were fixing prices, but I'm not so upset w/ a conspiracy against Rambus. Hell, if they asked me, I would have joined up!

I have a hard time remembering who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. We still hate the RIAA and love Linux, right? We've got so many jihads, I can't keep them straight!

Re:Isn't Rambus evil?

[edbarrett]

I despise collective opinions.

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Re:Isn't Rambus evil?

[jusdisgi]

"...the idiotic moderation system that promotes groupthink..."

I just have to laugh when I see posts like this modded "+4 insightful." ...stupid mod system.