wbmv,
Dozens of companies are evaluating Itanium 2 in real mission critical situations. They are putting their faith in IPF, which opens the door to many more such sales in the future. That's how this business works. The hardest part is getting one's foot in the door, and IPF has already succeeded in that. It will only get bigger.
Unfortunately, It only got smaller. Where's Dell in the "free try" offer? Is Dell sceptical who lives in denial too?
regards,
chr