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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (148256)	11/15/2001 10:54:52 AM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Bill, Re: "Even Dell has projects that try out AMD products." What makes you so sure of this? It would be a waste of manpower and money to investigate a chip they don't plan to use. wbmw

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (148256)	11/15/2001 11:29:00 AM
From: deibutfeif	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

re:...these people (Dell) are not goofs... Given that Dell doesn't use nor has ever used AMD, it seems that your revelation (above) is stating the obvious. <G> ~dbf

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (148256)	11/15/2001 1:07:30 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ban Ban Jacksh!t - I feel that Dell is not using any AMD products.

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (148256)	11/16/2001 3:36:16 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Bill, RE: "I bet Sun tries and tests itaniums if only to see what their boxes will face in the real world. get a life" By letting others pave the way, Sun could be saving a lot of money. But don't confuse this with rejection. I think Sun will jump on the Itanium band-wagon when it makes sense, when the NRE costs to do so would be less and just before the market demands. The more others pave the way, the lower the NRE costs are and the lower the product risks are. With processors, sometimes it doesn't pay to be a guinea pig when other companies, usually large companies with large RND budgets, are more than willing to absorb the associated costs required to pave the way for a microprocessor firm. (Though, at this point, I tend to think Sun should start to make some moves, or risk the phenomena that Palm experienced.) I think this is a matter of timing for them. Regards, Amy J