Replies to post #41353 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[I_banker]

It would be interesting to know why the customer didn't go AMD64/Linux and to what extent the same considerations will affect other purchase decisions.

This is a good question. Unfortunately the press release doesn't shed any light on it.

[upc]

Isn't it obvious? The weather channel was a fairly high profile win for AMD/Opteron early on. Intel PR/marketing has the resources to focus on such deals, shovel $$$ their way, and grab back an account. They probably take a loss on those systems, but hey, they have to get folks to accept IPF systems *somehow*.

upc