[Info-vax] Gabriel Consulting Group surveys customers about Oracle's recent actions

[JF Mezei]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
>> But for IA64, the volumes aren't there to turn this heavy white elephant
>> into a flying condor.
> 
> same was true for Alpha.


Alpha had a technological advantage, streamlined design and lost of
innovation in it.

IA64 is an also ran, following others. Its only claime to fame is how
many gazillion transistors they need for that white elephant while the
8086 needs far fewer to provide better performance.