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...clearly feels threatened. And the wounded giant still poses the biggest threat to any future dominance by Intel and Microsoft. Last year it teamed up with both companies' most bitter rivals -- Apple Computer and Motorola -- to develop advanced software and microprocessors for a new generation of desktop computers. In selecting Apple and Motorola, IBM bypassed its longtime partners. Just as Microsoft's standard operating system runs only on computers built around Intel's computer chips, Apple's software runs only on Motorola's chips. Although IBM has pledged that the new system will eventually run on a variety of machines...
Despite their differences with IBM, Microsoft and Intel seem to have inherited some of Big Blue's most fearsome qualities. They have become so dominant in their markets, charge critics, that they are virtual monopolies. In a way eerily reminiscent of the Justice Department's famous 1969 trust- busting suit against IBM (dismissed after 13 years), both Intel and Microsoft are under investigation for possible antitrust violations...
...Intel is also accused of playing favorites. According to one competitor, the company allegedly allocates supplies of its latest, most sought-after chips first to its biggest customers, such as PC makers IBM and Compaq, and then to smaller clients. In doing so, critics charge, Intel can determine which PC maker survives or perishes. Competitors have also raised concerns about Intel's own entry into the PC market. They complain that the company favors customers that resell Intel-made machines with its newest and best chips. Says Walter J. ("Jerry") Sanders, chairman of Advanced Micro Devices: "It's clear...
...response, Intel chairman Andrew Grove says only, "We make no apologies." While Grove declined to discuss the FTC probe, he suggested much of the criticism is mere envy of Intel's success. If so, that envy may grow more pronounced as Intel prepares to put more distance between itself and its competitors. This year Intel will begin shipping its next generation of microprocessors called the Pentium, which will process information twice as fast as Intel's current crop of chips. Moreover, Grove says, Intel will price the Pentium "more aggressively" than previous microprocessors. Although computers based on Pentium will start...
With both Windows NT and Pentium, the next generation of personal computers will probably be as powerful as today's workstations and mainframes. More important, the combined technology is expected to strengthen Microsoft's and ^ Intel's ever tightening grip on the $100 billion market for desktop computing...