[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[Bob Koehler]

In article <4faad551$0$24664$c3e8da3$e408f015 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> Keith Parris wrote:
> 
>> What we know for certain at this point is that Intel has committed to 
>> multiple generations of Itanium, including Poulson, Kittson, and 
>> something called Kittson+.                 
> 
> No, we know that HP is willing to pay intel to keep IA64 on life support
> and slow paced development.

   Those two paragraphs seem to be pointed in opposite directions, yet
   actually contain content that does not disagree.

   I don't care if the reason "Poulson, Kittson, and something called 
   Kittson+" are coming out of Intel is that "HP is willing to pay
   intel".  Somebody's got to pay for them, and that somebody works for
   the company that thinks it will make a difference to his own bottom
   line.

   Can't find anything unusual about that.  I pay the gas station to put
   gas in my car for about the same reason.