http://www.doublejourney.com/2009/05/14/intel-antitrust-ruling-is-google-next/ Going From Good To Great Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://www.doublejourney.com/2009/05/14/intel-antitrust-ruling-is-google-next/#comment-15513 bluestreak Tue, 19 May 2009 05:44:11 +0000 http://www.doublejourney.com/2009/05/14/intel-antitrust-ruling-is-google-next/#comment-15513 This is yet another example of a slippery slope argument. If forcing your business partner to enter into an exclusive contract is anti-competitive then where is the line? If Intel offers the best prices and companies want to buy from Intel, will the EU force a price that Intel cannot go below? I can understand if there was something illegal like price fixing or sabotage (i.e. Intel hiring arsonists to burn down its competitors' factories to prevent manufacturing), but companies in various industries enter into exclusive contracts all the time. My company does the same thing with big clients. If you come to play then you have to go by the game rules. This is yet another example of a slippery slope argument. If forcing your business partner to enter into an exclusive contract is anti-competitive then where is the line? If Intel offers the best prices and companies want to buy from Intel, will the EU force a price that Intel cannot go below? I can understand if there was something illegal like price fixing or sabotage (i.e. Intel hiring arsonists to burn down its competitors’ factories to prevent manufacturing), but companies in various industries enter into exclusive contracts all the time. My company does the same thing with big clients. If you come to play then you have to go by the game rules.

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