RE: Microsot kills XP on Itanic
From: Dan Allen (dallen_at_nist.gov)
Date: 01/10/05
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:38:01 -0500
AFAIK there is no such thing as Windows XP Server.
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> From: CJT [mailto:abujlehc@prodigy.net]
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> Subject: Re: Microsot kills XP on Itanic
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> JF Mezei wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> Although I haven't seen the pricing, I suspect XP Server for Itanium is
> even lower volume and more expensive than the Itanium 2 chip.
>
> > 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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