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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (28093)	2/21/2000 10:11:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Respond to of 64865

I think Sun is being scapegoated as a diversion. I agree with everything else you said in your post Charles. Not even Intel is accusing Sun of this "non-optimization" business, and the people who are repeating that slogan, I guarantee you, haven't the slightest clue what it means in this context. Where I disagree with you is on the reason Sun is being scapegoated. No mere diversion. I think Intel is furious at themselves and at their traditional partners because a) They have slipped IA64 so badly, and b) when it finally does come out, the possibility looms large and serious that no 64-bit software worthy of the name (or of attention) will run on it. Solaris was the only serious shot they had, and I don't think Grove & Barrett could stomach that idea. So they cut SUNW loose. It's easy to blast them for not investing more millions to recruit ISV's in addition to the millions they spent fighting a simulator for 2 years. W2K, Monterey, Linux. Let's throw in 64-bit Paul, 64-bit George, and 64-bit Ringo to complete that lineup. I've spent today restraining myself from responding to posts of seemingly extraordinary idiocy on this thread. It seems to me we've got two horesraces going on right now. 1: When is SUNW's stock price going to lap that of MSFT. 2: When is the quality of posts on the Yahoo SUNW thread going to lap the quality of posts on the SI SUNW thread. --QS