Michael Baier writes:

>Then maybe before making promises for 2 years he should have
>checked if it can be done.!!!
>Nobody forced him to make a promise that he can't keep.
>But if he makes a promise, we expect it to be kept.
>If I get asked if something can be done, I check and evaluate
>it, show the risk and problems and then get it done.
>That's what we expected from him too.

First, it was under GM Harry Sterling that the go/nogo decision
on ia-64 was made. At that time it was 'go'. Winston inherited
the decision and already in progress projects to make this
happen. In fact, I bet Winston had a large hand in evaluating
this since he was lab manager at the time.

At HP World, HP said the port to ia-64 could not occur until
at the earliest 'the second half of this decade'.

If you heard that message and assumed it to mean they are still
committed to the port then you are not paying attention to the
industry. Such a delivery time frame guarantees a failed effort
since by then no-one would want it.

Unless *you* know the internal source code structure of mpe and
can refute hp's analysis then I suggest you defer to those who
definitely *know*.

The HP e3000 has ceased to be relevant in a fiercely competitive
industry.

get over it. move on. don't look back.

duane

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