Originally posted by chuckula
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Nothing copy-n-paste, when I was actually affected by several of the issues I listed in my post.
I could not buy a Dell with Opteron processor because Dell didn't sell them. And it was proven that Dell didn't do it because Intel demanded that they didn't.
I couldn't buy a motherboard with Intel chipset unless I wanted to use Rambus memory or wanted slow performace from a translation chip. So I had to buy motherboards with VIA chipset.
I have lived with Intel issues in real life, while you seem to be a keyboard warrior debating virtual issues.
Saying Microsoft is - or isn't a monopoly is a not a lie per se - it's related to shades of gray. There are alternatives to Office. There are alternatives to Windows. But for people who wants the binary compatibility of Office, Windows etc, there has been a very severe lock-in.
And there is no law stopping other companies from competing on the console market. There is no law that a company may not have a huge market share. There is laws about a company with a huge market share buying competitors, or blocking competitors from existing.
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