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The Sherman Anti-trust Act:
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/statutes/sherman.html

Section 1:
"Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declared to be illegal shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 if a corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court."

All AMD has to do is show that the Intel/Skype deal amounts to "restraint of trade". The intent doesn't matter...if it will have that effect, the deal will likely be struck down by the DOJ.

Intel is allowed to be a monopoly, but they cannot leverage that position to maintain the monopoly or prevent competition.

BTW, your GM/Firestone analogy is not parallel: neither GM nor Firestone have monopoly position in their respective markets, and there is also nothing preventing you from putting non-Firestone tires on your GM vehicle and having it work correctly. From the sound of it, the specified Skype features would be coded to only work if running on Intel chips.
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Skype's death knell  escoles@... | 02/13/06
Naw, most people don't care.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
Actually Bit....  Tim Patterson | 02/13/06
Actually, your wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
No, I would say more like this  Taz_z | 02/13/06
So far off topic no one can follow.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
Did you read the article?  Taz_z | 02/13/06
Depends on the make  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
Agreed  b.d.hi | 02/13/06
Thanks for the laughs...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
Yep...the adopters know...  techboy_z | 02/13/06
First question: Is this practice legal and where?  FirstNLastN | 02/13/06
just as illegal...  doh123 | 02/13/06
Legal everywhere.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
Bad analogy  CobraA1 | 02/13/06
Skype would be the engine manufacture.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
I do wonder, though  CobraA1 | 02/13/06
Thanks for confirming I am right.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
No Ax, You are becoming illogical again.  The King's Servant | 02/13/06
Skype is dead, Intel will follow very soon.  b.d.hi | 02/13/06
Skype is dead?  jguyp725@... | 02/13/06
Yes, Skype is dead thanks to AMD users  b.d.hi | 02/13/06
Illegal collusion  techboy_z | 02/13/06
PLease wexplain how so and what law you cite.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
Does this help?  techboy_z | 02/13/06
Who is restraining AMD from deals?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
The restraint  techboy_z | 02/14/06
Have you asked them?  Patrick Jones | 02/13/06
No choice. I can throw them away but...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/06
So you did ask?  Patrick Jones | 02/14/06
I've already told you the difference...  techboy_z | 02/14/06
Excuse me?  CobraA1 | 02/13/06
Boycott Intel, Boycott Skype. Buy AMD  b.d.hi | 02/13/06
Ya know, it's people like you who give people like me a bad name.  The King's Servant | 02/13/06
Boycott Intel!  laserforce | 08/31/06
Out-Tel  wforkner@... | 02/13/06
Message has been deleted.  tleonardi@... | 02/13/06
Monopolistic behavior  tleonardi@... | 02/13/06
Code sniffing is stupid.  Henaway | 02/14/06
Disappointed  crescentdave | 02/14/06
Can win with chip performance  GoPower | 02/14/06
Use eyeBeam  Omch'Ar | 02/14/06

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