[PedroBatista]

Don't be so sure, Intel always played "dirty" and always worked to make sure they have a huge influence over the major software giants of the time. In the last decades always made sure to present hardware manufacturers with "offers they can't refuse".

One of those offers costed them $1.25B more than they expected but was totally worth it.

For example, Intel gets a lot of money but also "gives" a lot of money in the form of "incentives" / tip / kickbacks to a lot of hardware manufacturers and the usual palm grease to an army of managers, execs, tech "journalists", governments, etc.

To be noted, they also have been competent enough making chips most of the time.