Re: Medical software vendor says it won't support OS on Itanium-based servers

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:45:50 -0700, Malcolm Dunnett <nothome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Bill Gunshannon" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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So then, what is the reason? Tom says, "No access to GEM". Isn't that
HP's? So, knowing it will cost them major accounts like VW and Fiat,
what reason could they have for not pushing for an Itanium PL/I compiler?


Is it that HP isn't "pushing" for a PL/I compiler or is it that Tom's
group wants to build one but HP is refusing them access to the GEM
technology
and they rely on that? (Did they use GEM to backend the Alpha PL/I
compiler?)

yes and yes

Have VW or Fiat ever tried saying flat out to a senior HP exec that if
they can't get a PL/I compiler for Itanium they will not be buying any
servers from HP, PERIOD!

Well, I have email that states that

(sorry folks, it's hard to read between all the lines here)

OT: On the other hand I had a call today from an HP inside sales
rep who asked what kind of servers we had - I replied Alphas and
Itaniums, all of them from HP. She then proceeded to try to sell
me on a blade server solution. Having heard talk about VMS possibly
being offered on an Itanium blade I said "sure, send me the information".
When it arrived it was all about a XEON based server!

If HP can't train their sales reps to understand the different kinds
of servers HP sells and what markets they are appropriate for they
probably can't comprehend that a PL/I compiler is a valuable tool ( what
part of the MSOffice suite was that again? )





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