Re: [s-x86] eWeek: Sun Blasts Intel's Itanium

["Bruce Adler" <bruce.adler@xxxxxxx>]

From: "philferret" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> --- In solarisonintel@xxxx, Carl_Erhorn@xxxx wrote:
> > In regard to the article that Bruce found and commented on,
> > I think it clearly shows that Sun will never become friendly
> > with Intel again,
>
> which is insane for sun to hold this attitude, since they're using
> intel motherboards for their new upcoming x86 servers.
>
> (I heard this at a presentation in irvine a week or two ago)

You're conflating Itanium (64-bit processors) and IA-32 (32-bit processors).
They're not the same thing. Sun is only knocking Itanium. Sun hasn't
said anything against the older IA-32 processors. In fact, Sun has been
selling x86 plug-in boards for its workstations for years. Sun also sells
or gives away software for for various Windows releases running on 32-bit
IA-32 compatible platforms (e.g., Staroffice for Windows, Forte Jave
for Windows, etc).




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