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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer who wrote (52900)	3/18/1999 11:42:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1585085

Elmer - RE: "You claimed indifference then aligned yourself with the AMD faithful." I claimed indifference after mimicking what you have always done - Question. RE: "Consider this. Xeons are shipping in volume today. They have been shipping for many months. They are a major product line for every significant server vendor in the world save Sun. They are THE dominant architecture in the server world today. I think a faster version of an existing dominant product is far more believable than a carefully guarded demonstration of an almost invisible product in the midst of the development process. Especially when Intel is about to convert over to a .18u process. Intel has already shown they intend to ship 600Mhz PIIIs on .25u. You think 800Mhz is very far off on .18u? Think again." I never questioned Intel's dominance in the server market. I am impressed at how long some of their customers stayed with a relatively low MHz processor (PPro) before switching to Xeon. That is a loyalty AMD will have to earn, a loyalty that Intel will try its hardest to never let solidify. BTW, This is a VERY well written line: "I think a faster version of an existing dominant product is far more believable than a carefully guarded demonstration of an almost invisible product in the midst of the development process." I'm not saying I agree with it, just that is is an awesome line.