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Am I the only one disapointed in Otellini's response to this question?

Q: Microsoft recently announced that a new version of its server software will not run on servers built on your Itanium chip and will instead use chips from AMD. What does this say about your relationship with Microsoft?

A: The relationship with Microsoft is better now than it's been in a long time because our business models are much more aligned now. Going after the high end is an ambition of theirs, but they're not there today in terms of the overall market they address. Turns out most clusters today are on Linux.

While I'm not terribly thrilled that they made this economic choice, I understand it. We'll continue to push Itanium on the high end on other operating systems. You can't make someone do what they don't want to do. It was an economic decision for them. They didn't drop Itanium support; they dropped it in clusters.

Is'nt it true that Microsoft did not favor AMD over Itanium but rather AMD and Intel's X64 solutions to Itanium? Why does the CEO of Intel NOT have the sense to correct this type of misconception? This would have been a great chance for him to point out that AMD's recent positive press coverage is more than a little distorted.

Very disapointed.

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