> and from an Infoworld piece about "the higher segments of the server market":
>
> >"Intel is not losing to the competition because the chip is slower,
> >but because the OS is slower," said a source who asked not to be
> >named. "The customer doesn't just throw out NT, however. They throw
> >out the chip with it."
That article -
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/981228micro-intel.htm
is good reading, far beyond the quote Rob culled. It covers wintel
fragmentation, the Intel investment in RedHat, Bluetooth scuffles,
and more. Recommended.
The only thing bad about rooting for Intel in torpedoing wintel is ...
rooting for Intel.
Ron.