I’m not sure exactly why, but I find this disturbing.
Never-mind poor sportsmanship. You just threw out all opportunity for an out-of-court settlement should the appeal not go in your favor.
At the end of the day, do you think consumers really care? Processors aren’t like shoes or lead-based toys. I don’t care how they get in my computer, I just want them to be fast an reliable. You’ll get exactly three anti-Intel geeks to rally to your cause and the rest of us will just scratch our heads… huh?