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Re: wbmw post# 8043

Saturday, 07/05/2003 4:08:27 PM

Saturday, July 05, 2003 4:08:27 PM

wmbw

"I think AMD has an exceptionally strong product with Opteron, and for the first time, they can actually stand on their own as an alternative platform. I just don't want to see their success tied to how well Intel does with their products. AMD should be their own entity and be in control of their own destiny. Just my $0.02."

Add my 2 cent for this.

As for the chicken and egg problem, a very easy one. Nobody would consider porting software if there is not hardware available for it.

As for software support for AMD-64, what I see in serverspace is very convincing: Operating system available at launch date, more coming every month. Including Windows. Databases, etc etc. I would say the present infrastructure less than three month after launch is nothing short of impressive. Which is only possible (without spending cash AMD cannot afford) because porting is cheap and easy.

For Desktop-segment, I like the the picture of the snowball turning into an avalange. Which implies there will be some patience required until seachange will happen.

Adressing the competitor directly, just a matter of taste imo.

I dont think AMD cares at all about Itanic - leave alone positioning Opteron against it: Which position would that be?

K.

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