Gordon Haff
Gordon Haff
anybody chip exactly knows open result technology
I don't think anybody knows exactly what the end result of open sourcing the chip technology is.
above competition head nice opportunity possible shoulders
It's probably not possible to be head and shoulders above the competition in the x86 space. There just isn't that much opportunity for being compellingly different. That said, they're nice boxes.
change computer makers sort type upgrade
doesn't fundamentally change UltraSparc and Sun's positioning in any way. It's the type of incremental upgrade that computer makers sort of have to deliver.
decided forward move older path product promoting pull relatively suddenly
It's not like Dell had been making investments in Itanium and suddenly decided it wasn't going to do that and pull back its support. It had a relatively older product it wasn't promoting at all, and it really doesn't have a near-term path where it could move forward if it wanted to.
base boost company given niagara speed sun systems
Sun has given a speed boost to its installed base as the company focuses on x64 systems and the forthcoming Niagara processor,
background company deal engineers experience good local looks management obviously skills systems terms type useful
It's a local company with some useful code, engineers who obviously have skills and background and experience in the type of systems management that HP has. We don't know the terms of the deal, but it probably was not all that expensive. It looks to be a good deal for HP.
achievement alliance billions hard major rest solutions spent
It's hard to see the Itanium Solutions Alliance accomplishing anything major that the billions already spent by HP, Intel, and the rest haven't. You don't see an x86 Solutions Alliance.
clear pervasive visible
It's still not clear how visible that will be. I don't think it will be pervasive in 2006.
believe competitor enjoyed hard intel lead maintain market past performance sneak
Intel let a competitor sneak into a market where they weren't before. Still, it was hard to believe that AMD would be able to maintain the kind of performance lead that they have enjoyed over the past one to two years.
art believe dusty evidence examples far form granted light owner patents prior software suddenly third
Software patents are a mess, ... Even if you don't believe in abolishing them entirely, there have been far too many examples of patents being granted even in light of overwhelming evidence of prior art and of dusty old patents on their third owner suddenly being used for a form of blackmail.