Dell's Intel Bias Caused By Under the Table Cash?

swschrad writes "There's a story up on Reuters today saying Dell faces a class-action lawsuit for finagling the books to hide under-table money from Intel. The hidden cash, up to a quarter-billion dollars a quarter, is alleged to have been paid to keep competing CPUs out of Dell PCs. Dell, their accountants at PriceWaterhouse, company founder Michael Dell, and former CEO Kevin Rollins are all avoiding comment on the pending litigation."

Say it ain't so!

[TheJerg]

A large technology company trying to make sure the competition stays out of the game by pushing the retailers? Preposterous! Next you'll tell me that Microsoft is trying to rule the world by forcing everyone on the planet to use their products.

My God...

[MidVicious]

Under the table money from Intel?

Wait... is that why the Opinion Center colors are so... I dunno... currency like?

Reuters gets slashdotted... Slashdot gets Intel'ed!

I for one welcome our--- AGH! [tackled and beaten to death by slashdotters]

Opinion Center

[corby]

Sounds like a great article for the Intel Opinion Center! [slashdot.org]

An accountant, a Lawyer, and an Engineer

[Shadow Wrought]

An accountant, a Lawyer, and an Engineer are all interviewing for a CEO job. As part of their respective interviews, the Board of Directors asks them what 2 + 2 is.
The Lawyer answers that it generally considered to be 4, but there could be precendants in which that answer may vary.
The Engineer takes out a slide rule, works for a bit, and answers that it is 4.000000000000000000000000000000000000000
The Accountant looks at the Board and asks, "What would you like it to be?"

Re:under the table?

[arodland]

Come on. They're two companies in the US. It's not like there's any sort of a free market.

Re:An accountant, a Lawyer, and an Engineer

[Anonymous Coward]

Engineer: 2+2=5, but you better use 8.

Re:So What

[Registered Coward v2]

It's called a rebate.

No, if it was they'd have to submit all of the UPCs and receipts; and then get an email denying the rebate because they forgot to send in the left bottom flap from all of the boxes.

In other news

[gosand]

Michael Dell has handed the CEO reins back to Kevin Rollins.

Re:Financial records are private

[dan828]

Come on, we're talking about HP here. Of course they read Dell's financial records.

Re:Anti-dumping laws

[Anonymous Coward]

What about those that swing both ways?

Re:Only Intel?

[jason210]

yeah because thats economical and suits everyones computer needs :P

Re:An accountant, a Lawyer, and an Engineer

[PhxBlue]

And an Intel Pentium processor answers that it's 3.9999890042516.

None of this is surprising

[Dr. Cody]

Bias-free semiconductors never really took off.

Whoooosh!

[tjwhaynes]

Bias-free semiconductors never really took off.

That whooshing sound was the noise of this joke whizzing over the heads of the moderators... Clearly, they are without potential.

Cheers,
Toby Haynes