Re: Microsot kills XP on Itanic

From: JF Mezei (jfmezei.spamnot_at_teksavvy.com)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 16:26:30 -0500

John Smith wrote:
> Microsoft nixes XP for Itanium
> Move seen as final nail in Itanium 2 for workstations coffin

The article talks as if Microsoft was pulling out of IA64 completely. Another
article I read a few days ago mentioned only the XP professional edition being
widthdrawn, and that XP Server would continue.

Any clarification on what Microsoft has actually announced ?

No matter what the reality is, if the press talks about as if MS was pulling
out of IA64 alltogether, the image of a sinking ship will be strenghtened.

With IA64 now relegated to high end , low volume systems, it is in fact worse
off than Alpha and Pa_Risc.

And if HP killed Pa Risc and Alpha because they were not "high volume, low
cost, commodity, industry standard", then it must kill off IA64 and move to
the 8086.

2005 may be the year when they announce the death of IA64 with a few more
itarations currently in the works coming out until 2007.

IA64 is probably already dead in the eyes of the media, and such a tailspin in
image may not be survivable for IA64. Carly should know that image is very
important. She pays some hairstylists big bucks for her image.

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