I think it went something like this
AMD Subpoenas SkypePosted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday March 01, @04:29PMfrom the who-didn’t-see-this-coming dept.AMD The CourtsI_am_Rambi writes "AMD has issued a subpoena to Skype in the battle of the anti-trust case against Intel. From the article: ‘AMD is now focusing on a feature in Skype 2.0 that enables the ability to make 10-person conference calls only with Intel dual-core processors. Users with AMD dual-core chips or single-core chips are restricted to hosting five-person conference calls because only Intel’s chips offer the performance necessary to host the 10-way call, according to Skype. [...] Skype’s software is using a function called "GetCPUID" to permit 10-way conference calls only when that function detects an Intel dual-core processor on start-up.’"
Slashdot | AMD Subpoenas Skype
My take on it all
Skype:
thanks for the private jet and the three weeks in Vanuatu…. What was it you want
again?
Intel:
Limit your popular product so only it can only use Intel chips to function
properly
Skype:
What if we get into an anti trust law suit?
Intel:
We will protect you!
Two
Months Later….
Skype:
Intel? Hello? Are you there? We were subpoenaed by AMD… and im pregnant.
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