Very interesting....
They go on to show how Dell got more rebates from them then they actually MADE in one year!
* In 2006, Intel paid Dell almost $2 billion in "rebates," and in two quarters of that year, rebate payments exceeded Dell's reported net
income
* From 2001 to 2006, Intel granted Dell a privileged position vis-à-vis other computer makers in return for Dell's agreement not to market any
products from Advanced Micro Devices ("AMD") (NYSE: AMD), Intel's major competitor
* Intel and Dell collaborated to market microprocessors and servers at prices below cost in order to deprive AMD of strategically important
competitive successes
HP
* Intel threatened HP that it would derail development of a server technology on which HP's future business depended if HP promoted products from
AMD
* Intel paid HP hundreds of millions of dollars in rebates in return for HP's agreement to cap HP's sales of AMD-based products at 5% of its business
desktop PCs
* In 2006, Intel and HP entered into an broader, company-wide agreement to pay HP $925 million to increase Intel's shares of HP's sales at AMD's
expense
IBM
* Intel paid IBM $130 million not to launch an AMD-based server product
* Intel threatened to pull funding for joint projects that benefited IBM if IBM marketed AMD-based server products
* Intel pressured IBM to launch another AMD-based server only on an "unbranded" basis
If you are going to cook the books... at least have the forethought to make it smell good....
THIS IS YOUR FREE MARKET FOLKS!
If you ask me it's a GOOD THING that the GOV STEPPED IN!
consumerist.com
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