Wowzers. Of course if they really wanted to break up a monopoly with strong arm tactics, they'd be focusing more on Microsoft. I mean what other company can create a console that loses money 3 years running before it even begins to turn a marginal profit...most companies would have bankrupted on what Xbox had going on...but with Microsoft backing...
And finally it's turning a profit (supposedly)...and they are going to put out it's next generation first probably, before the others, but with no backwards compatibility!!!! Talk about trying to kill one's business...especially when one considers the other two are BOTH supposedly going to have backwards compatibility (makes it so that there are an instant selection of games in a very wide category for the system).
Not the most brilliant plan unless one just wants to basically funnel money into something, and then basically play unfair to all the other competitors.
Then there's a whole slew of other items, such as MS trying to strongarm Intel and AMD both to incorporate their security items in past dealings so that they can 'subdue' the piracy from the chips themselves...though I have this impression that now MS is backing away from that idea that they were pushing so strongly.
I think AMD is doing fine against Intel myself. AMD is basically what you get for the most bang for your buck...Intel is what you get if you want a more durable processor that won't die out on you within five years. I've seen a LOT of AMDs out there recently on the lower and midgrade computers.
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