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To: eracer who wrote (196332)5/10/2006 6:09:43 PM
From: DRBESRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
uuuuhhhh...ibm is about, one more time, to come out with a buncha new Opteron stuff...like real soon...if true it would be stupid for Henri to say that ibm suks...even if it does



To: eracer who wrote (196332)5/10/2006 6:28:25 PM
From: PetzRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
So you think he should have embarrassed IBM? Or Apple? By bringing up the proprietary IBM chipset, he reinforced to them that it was a one-time decision.

Petz



To: eracer who wrote (196332)5/10/2006 6:33:38 PM
From: j3pflynnRespond to of 275872
 
eracer - In context, it made sense. He made the point that IBM had made the investment in X3 and needs to make their money back. They're sounding a little more interested in expanding Opteron now, maybe they've adequately recouped their costs.



To: eracer who wrote (196332)5/11/2006 4:36:58 PM
From: TimFRespond to of 275872
 
Bad mouthing a customer wouldn't have made much sense.