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In a message dated 7/8/02 2:20:49 PM, sadus@... writes:
>This is no biggie; it is just another example of why many users choose
>win pc's.  Microsoft is again catering to every level of the consumer. 

spppahckahadfkc...oops I spit my coffee out on that comment. Since when has 
Microsoft, the great white shark of the software business ever done anything 
noble for the good of the customer. MS is one of the most aggressive and 
monopolisticly greedy companies on the planet. They wouldn't think about it 
unless there were more billions to be made.

And regarding Intel's superiority .....


Motorola and IBM have had their own problems furthering development of the
PowerPC architecture, but Intel's RISC so far has been a non-starter.

Jerry Brown
www.stoughtonprinting.com




>From today's InformationWeek Daily (7/8/02):


** Itanium 2 Won't Be A Pentium-Class Shoo-In

Intel promises unmatched prices and performance for enterprise
servers with the launch of its Itanium 2 processor this week. If
all goes as planned, the chipmaker says, Itanium 2 will push
Intel-based servers deep into data centers and lower hardware,
training, and maintenance costs. But buyers still view Intel's
second-generation 64-bit chip as unproven.

"I have to see it in operation; I'm not going to put a $6 billion
operation at risk," says Richard Gius, senior VP of IT at
Allegiance Corp., a McGaw Park, Ill., company that makes
health-care products.

Blame Intel's initial Itanium chip for the caution. Released last
year, the first version was meant to prove that Intel chips were
ready for 64-bit computing and could reliably perform tasks such
as massive database hosting and high-volume financial processing.
But the chip flopped because of shipping delays and lackluster
performance. "The original flavor was no good," says Mark Hudson,
a marketing manager at Hewlett-Packard, Intel's Itanium
development partner.

Allegiance's Gius plans to spend millions on new servers for a
data center that runs the company's E-business operations. He'll
decide later this year or early next who gets the money. - Paul
McDougall

The Itanium has a tough row to hoe. Read the full story at:
informationweek.com/896/intel.htm
<http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=hHw80BdOHZ0V20Be270A8>