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To: Dan3 who wrote (149243)	11/23/2001 4:04:31 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Dan, Pentium PRO was considerably faster than Pentium on most current code when it was released. I think you're wrong. When the Pentium Pro was initially released, 16 bit code was prevalent and the Pentium Pro ran this code much slower than a regular pentium. Convincing customers to substitute Itanium for Pentium/Pentium III/Pentium4/Athlon is the same as trying to get them to switch to Apple, Alpha, SUN, or PowerPC Perhaps I am wrong, however I was under the impression that the IA-64 is a substitute for Alpha, Sun, etc., not for typical x86 class machines. Intel's Itanium strategy is a clone of DEC/Compaq Alpha's attempted attack on Sparc and PowerPC I agree with you that the Alpha was a complete failure. However, Digital never could market that chip properly. Intel, on the other hand, knows how to market their uP and hopefully they can leverage their success in marketing the x86 class of uP to IA-64.