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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (69299)	12/2/1998 5:52:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<Doesn't Merced, McKinley, and IA64 do just that. Doesn't it mean that when Merced comes out - people may have a choice. If they improve Unix and Linux in terms of user friendliness - doesn't that end MSFT monoply in the OS business?> As much as I'd like to see that happen personally, we must remind ourselves that IA-64 isn't going to do it alone. The reason is that the initial volumes of IA-64 processors are still going to be much lower than the desktop IA-32 CPU's, where Microsoft still has a stranglehold. I think Merced is initially targeted toward the enterprise server market, where the OS playing field is much more level than that of the desktop. Tenchusatsu