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PC Week has a very interesting story about the politics behind Merced.
One example:

      "What [Intel was] doing [with Merced] wasn't what we needed," said a
      source close to HP. As a consequence, "Merced won't look so great
      against PA-RISC."

And do you wonder why HP hasn't said much about Merced?
It's because, by contract, they couldn't.

      "Our competitors were out there giving road maps to 2050, and we
      couldn't say anything about what we were doing," Birnbaum said. "We
      finally told Intel, 'This isn't fair.'"

      Intel has since relaxed that restriction, enabling HP to provide
      long-term system road maps to customers.

It's a fascinating article.

    < http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,372094,00.html >

--Glenn Cole
  Software al dente, Inc.
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