After all, is there anything really missing in the AMD64 family from the Linux perspective?
Other than credibility with corporate IT types? Sheesh, most companies won't even buy AMD based PCs. Suddenly they will buy 10x to 100x more expensive hardware based on AMD uPs?
It is no accident that the first, and so far only, tier one or two OEM support for Opteron is IBM's 2P cluster building block for HPC. HPC guys will try out just about any new architecture that comes along. But the IT guys are far more conservative. And Linux people know the big money lies with the guys with the suites, not the guys with pocket protectors. Follow the money.
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