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To: niceguy767 who wrote (162286)	6/25/2005 1:51:07 AM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Why do you bother posting such ridiculous hyperbole? It's not going to convince anyone to buy more stock, in fact, the opposite is more likely. The nonsense about AMD not having yet focused on the desktop space is particularly fatuous.

To: niceguy767 who wrote (162286)	6/25/2005 7:43:32 AM
From: aleph0	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

On the subject of corporate sales.. I hope someone ( from AMD, HP, Sun ) gets some good sales-support PR-literature together for the corporate buying-in departments. ..Just a list of bullets highlighting the obvious advantages of Opteron based hardware for the uninitiated "corporate buyers". Keep it simple, like ... * SAP Benchmarks show that Opteron H/W is X x faster than the competition * Power-Consumption Benchmarks show that Opteron H/W saves XXX$ in power-costs * Power-Consumption Benchmarks show that low-power Opteron H/W saves XXX$ in Cooling-power-costs * A 4-way Opteron box is X x faster than the competition * A 2-way Opteron box is Y x faster than the competition * A 1-way Opteron box is Z x faster than the competition * You can almost DOUBLE your system performance by placing Opteron SC with DC processors - takes ca. 5 minutes per machine - guaranteed ! * You do not need to migrate to 64-bit software to get the above advantages - your legacy stuff will just run with zero changes * If you "do" migrate to a 64-bit Operating System ( Windows or Linux ) - you "will" experience even more speed boosts To say more than that would be too overwhelming for the average corporate buyer IMO ! Each Bullet should be backed-up with a full-blown brochure - for deeper reading if desired by the CB. The Vendor should then make sure that the "short-list" gets onto the Desk of the CEO of the Company. The "short-list" should be published in magazines like Forbes or Newsweek - for CEOs to read - ...with the remark - "Does your IT Manager know this ? We can send you more detailed information on request " MY POINT is .. that I think one must take a TOP-DOWN approach for corporate sales, as you never know what relationship the "Corporate Buyer" has with his/her "OLD VENDOR" !! Using this method, the CEO will be asking for progress reports every second day !! PS: Just talked to an IT Guy from a large multinational German Company - who "had to" buy a Xeon-Server system because "they always do" ! He told me the Vendor is "sh*t" ( Quote ! ) - but they have a mandatory list of which components they can buy ( only from this Vendor ) and at what price.