Hmm. I'd say it's more a case of IBM focusing development dollars where there aren't likely to be investments from other sources than anything really negative about Itanium. HP and Intel care a lot more about Itanium than IBM does (IBM has Itanium machines, but they are a "me too" development more than a clear strategic direction vs the HP/Intel "bet the farm" approach to Itanium), and IBM cares a lot more about PowerPC than anyone else does (other than Apple). If the three companies can focus development on areas where there is a clear benefit for them, and inherit the work the others are doing, it's a win for everyone, and the net state of the art advances -- a Good Thing in my book.
-- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Henry Schaffer > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: IBM stops Linux Itanium effort > > > The article is negative about the iTanium, but my colleagues in high > performance computing tell me that this is a *very* capable > cpu which is > going head to head with the Power4. > > --henry schaffer >
