Intel Corp (INTC)

[chipguy]

I am not tech, but I doubt corp enterprise wants a Micro$haft solution

I have my doubts too but that's not the issue. The issue is MS wants to be able to offer
an enterprise solution and that means IPF. This is a prestige thing for Redmond and
that alone will assure full support for IPF from Bill on down. Support for AMD64, at best,
is a useful hedge for Redmond in its complex relationship with Intel. That's a role that
has previously been filled by MIPS and later by Alpha. Fat lot of good it did for those
guys.