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To: Scumbria who wrote (59879)	5/28/1999 1:11:00 AM
From: grok	Respond to of 1574043

Re: <Intel derives their power from x86, not the other way around. The huge installed base of x86 software is the reason that every attempt at an alternative architecture on the desktop has failed.> Of course, IA-64 starts out in the server world where a number of different architectures have had success. MDR's projection is for IA-64 to move to desktop three years after entering the server market. (mid 2000 to mid-2003.) A lot of sw can be ported in three years. In fact, I hear that a lot has been ported already.