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> Intel could do the exact same thing to any X86 vendor today, couldn't it? And AMD to X86_64 vendors, no?

They already have killed off any effective competition, and that's a bad thing. If x86 was more diverse and was moving toward the current set of two, blocking it would also be good.

At least the important parts are falling out of patent...

> In reality if we stop this merger what we're saying is that it's a problem for any company to own IP that they license to competitors while at the same time producing and selling an in-house product that leverages the same IP.

Well it is. How much of a problem depends on how much competition the different parts of the market have.