24 Jul 10
Dell’s Trouble Kicking the Intel Habit - Bits Blog (via NYTimes.com) →
Wow:
“At the heart of the S.E.C.’s complaint against Dell was the claim that Dell hid its reliance on rebates from Intel from investors. Intel rewarded Dell for not using A.M.D. chips, and Dell became more and more dependent on payments from Intel to meet quarterly financial targets, according to the S.E.C.”