Re: I disagree with your prognostication on the readoption of Xeon, unless there is a significant disparity in performance between Xeon and Opteron going forward -- there is no real need.
That's a hard point of view to argue. I would assume that in order for you to make the above statement, you would have to assume that there are zero platform differences between a system based on AMD or Intel, 3 years down the road. I couldn't disagree more. I think as things go forward, that Intel will try to differentiate themselves with greater levels of platform integration and software support, while AMD will try to compete by enabling 3rd parties to offer similar features. In the end, developing it all in house will be a huge advantage for Intel, and Sun would be idiotic in their hubris not to offer both Intel and AMD, to at least let their customers make the choice.
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