From The New York Times: Cuomo Files Antitrust Suit Against Intel

From the article: “Following the lead of foreign regulators, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel, the world’s largest chip maker.”

The publicity-whore is at it again. Mr. Cuomo is pulling yet another stunt; much like his recently giving ISPs cover to eliminate their USENET services and lower value for customers in the name of “saving the children,” this lawsuit isn’t his place to file, but does give him massive headlines. My guess is this is all carefully and cynically orchestrated to generate publicity for future political races. You can bet I’ll remember this nonsense if he ever runs for national office, though not the way he hopes…