[Info-vax] Poulson 6 times more powerful than Tukwilla?

[John Smith (who cares if I'm the one @ HP - if here's even still there)]

"Michael Kraemer" <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote in message 
news:jtu19b$gs1$1 at solani.org...
> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply schrieb:
>
>> Do you really think that anyone forced to leave their platform of choice 
>> because HP abandoned it has any interest at all in help from HP to 
>> transition to something else?  And why would it be (HP) 8086 enterprise 
>> servers?
>
> Well, why not? HP surely will offer a transition plan
> and the customer can deal with the same vendor as before.
> The notion of "punishing" a vendor because he has
> abandoned your favourite platform or he
> "has killed the alpha" is a bit, well, childish.
> It's a techie's sentiment, but in the end,
> the business types will decide.


HP can spin it as a positive....

"Trust us. We've killed platforms and customer investments before."