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Dell's Intel Bias Caused By Under the Table Cash?
swschrad writes "There's a story up on Reuters today saying Dell faces a class-action lawsuit for finagling the books to hide under-table money from Intel. The hidden cash, up to a quarter-billion dollars a quarter, is alleged to have been paid to keep competing CPUs out of Dell PCs. Dell, their accountants at PriceWaterhouse, company founder Michael Dell, and former CEO Kevin Rollins are all avoiding comment on the pending litigation."
A large technology company trying to make sure the competition stays out of the game by pushing the retailers? Preposterous! Next you'll tell me that Microsoft is trying to rule the world by forcing everyone on the planet to use their products.
Under the table money from Intel?
Wait... is that why the Opinion Center colors are so... I dunno... currency like?
Reuters gets slashdotted... Slashdot gets Intel'ed!
I for one welcome our--- AGH! [tackled and beaten to death by slashdotters]
Sounds like a great article for the Intel Opinion Center!
An accountant, a Lawyer, and an Engineer are all interviewing for a CEO job. As part of their respective interviews, the Board of Directors asks them what 2 + 2 is.
The Lawyer answers that it generally considered to be 4, but there could be precendants in which that answer may vary.
The Engineer takes out a slide rule, works for a bit, and answers that it is 4.000000000000000000000000000000000000000
The Accountant looks at the Board and asks, "What would you like it to be?"
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Come on. They're two companies in the US. It's not like there's any sort of a free market.
It's called a rebate.
No, if it was they'd have to submit all of the UPCs and receipts; and then get an email denying the rebate because they forgot to send in the left bottom flap from all of the boxes.
I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
Michael Dell has handed the CEO reins back to Kevin Rollins.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
Come on, we're talking about HP here. Of course they read Dell's financial records.
What about those that swing both ways?
yeah because thats economical and suits everyones computer needs :P
Bias-free semiconductors never really took off.
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
Anything I post is strictly my own thoughts and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the opinions of IBM.