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CJ, Re: That's what? 16 processors? Huge sale!

You've been saying that for the past 30 articles or so.

Like I said before, IPF critics can't get past this closed-minded notion that Intel cannot sell more than a handful of these processors, yet the sheer mass of press releases indicate it is being deployed in dozens of different situations, from financial to telecommunications to engineering to manufacturing. It wouldn't be enough if Intel simply highlighted the big ticket wins, such as HPC systems that use thousands of CPUs; in fact, they've announced several of those, too, including the LLNL and Teragrid design wins. And it wouldn't be enough if Intel simply highlighted a larger volume of smaller design wins to indicate broader industry acceptance, such as Chrystler, Fiat, Koehler Paper, SK Telecom, CompUSA, ING Group, First Trust, Korean Telecom, and now Western Digital. It clearly isn't enough that Intel has done *both* large and small design wins, because Itanium critics are apparently thick-headed enough not to notice even that.

The denial I continue to see still defies reason or logic. It is the hate of hundreds of Internet BBS posters that feed on their combined negativity. Yet, apparently wishful thinking is not enough to change the growing industry perception that Itanium is a world class solution. Adoption continues to ramp, even as the critics grin smugly at their own negative spin. So spout the FUD if it makes you feel better - apparently it is not making the least bit of difference.