AMD Calls on Microsoft for Intel Antitrust Case

Rob writes "As part of its ongoing antitrust case against its chief rival Intel Corp, AMD said it had subpoenaed Microsoft Corp for documents pertaining to its case." From the article: "AMD filed subpoenas with 32 companies, asking them to retain and forward documentation that may pertain to the lawsuit, including computer companies, microprocessor distributors, and electronics retailers. Most of these companies agreed to comply with AMD's requests, including Acer, Gateway, Lenovo, NEC, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Tech Data Corp., and Circuit City. The only firm that refused to cooperate with AMD in any capacity was Toshiba, although others have been slow to respond."

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Interestingly, at the time Windows for x86 64-bit was being developed, there were rumors that such support was a payback for the time AMD's CEO Jerry Sanders testified on behalf of Microsoft for their antitrust suit. As the Intel-AMD lawsuit drags on, there's no telling what kind of picture the documents it brings to light will eventually paint about the computer industry.Everybody is sleeping with everybody else. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Do unto others before they do unto you. That's the current state of the computer industry.

I'm all for AMD sticking it to Intel. Intel has spent a long time trying to shoehorn their processors into everything (can you say Apple?) and if it weren't for AMD, there would be no serious challenges to their dominance. Of course, Microsoft gets to play the lady-in-waiting and doesn't really care who ends up winning, but it's like the Mafia: AMD has done for MS, so MS will return the favor.

Mind you I am not biased by the fact that my Sony Vaio running XP with an Athlon processor is one of the smoothest machines I've ever run. Did I just say that?