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To: Steve Lee who wrote (48583)	4/25/2002 3:48:44 PM
From: Nick Kline	Respond to of 64865

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To: Steve Lee who wrote (48583)	4/25/2002 4:44:12 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

If you are going to run a 64 bit processor you are going to use 64 bit software. Steve, I'm about posted out for today, but I don't agree with you on this. I'll put together a longer response later (maybe). I don't remember whether it was you or rudedog who recently said something about the key to success being giving customers what they want. Assuming there are no loony hidden gotchas (like e.g. the Hammer architecture runs 32 and 64-bit software at about the same speed, but both of them 8 times slower than IA64), then a Hammer machine puts choice in the hands of customers where it belongs and where it brings success to vendors. That choice of who wants to run which 64-bit app when and who doesn't, does NOT belong in the hands of you or me or any marketing guy; it belongs in the hands of customers. To me, just saying to a customer, "your next PC from us will look just like your last one and run all your current apps at a higher speed, but with the minor difference that it will ALSO be capable of running all the 64-bit software that runs on your largest servers WHEN and WHERE and IF you choose to run it there...all choices are YOURS, not OURS", is a very powerful statement that appeals to just about everybody including (perhaps especially) Microsoft. Sun was actually able to make a similar statement years ago, but didn't own the super-volume PC market to be able to fully exploit it. --QS