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Windsock, free is when Intel gives away Itanium systems to seed the market with no hope of ever seeing payment for them. Bundled is when you sell software and hardware together, in Sun's case by a subscription model.
Think you can understand the difference? In one case money changes hands, in the other case it does not.


Can you point me to links that verify this statement? I am aware of a try before you buy program intel initiated for Itanium in December 2003, in which after the trial period if the company doesn't buy, they send the system back, but I am not aware of one where they were given away for free. I've heard this claim that intel "gave away" itanium systems before on this thread, and at the time, I also asked the person for verification, and the person was unable to verify their statement, except for "I know it's true". Do you have a link to verify your statement? Here's mine.
http://www.hp-interex.org/site/cms/newsarticleview.asp?article=2057