re: but the suit very obviously does have merit
No. Not by itself, it doesn't. There is merit in finding out why AMD has failed, tho'. This could be good. Rather than a fine and "no admissions of guilt" in the EU, this could be settled pretty quickly since Intel has stated that they have, on a periodic basis, been sharing information with the FTC. They could get the FTC to help Cuomo understand the reasons why the FTC was not interested in pursuing anti-trust. All that is needed is to have someone like Cuomo drop his inquiry (maybe even with some Washington pressure added) and the EU might follow suit. At that point, AMD may be restructuring and if it's extensive enough, they may have to drop the lawsuit as well (much to the dismay of most here)...we'll see how this turns out.
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