stak, no you're right on. I hurriedly fashioned a reply to you, thinking you were saying developers, not users, would initially shun Merced because it will be the first of a very major new architecture. Hurriedly, because I wanted to catch the end of the Yankee game and the beginning of the Braves game at home. Did former, latter much delayed by rain.
>>>Merced won't be the one to open the
floodgates, not due
to a flaw in its design or execution, but just because IS and IT
managers are
loath to be the first on the block to flesh out new tech (IA-64). The
upside
for a CIO is maybe a pat on the back and a raise , while the
downside is a
permanently tarnished reputation.<<<
Still, IT managers will want to get their software up on Merced systems, like I said, for debug and measurement purposes. They'll undoubtedly keep older systems around to run production, until they think that the new servers are ready. Then, look out.
stak, is that a pop-up sta(c)k or a push-down sta(c)k? I know, bad.
Tony
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