Comments on: Microsoft limits Longhorn's Itanium job duties

Redmond's move reinforces the chip's position as a component mainly meant for powerful multiprocessor servers.

[Earl Benser]

I've got a hunch...

... that Linux or Unix will have no trouble utilizing the Itanium
processor for any number of tasks beyond MS's case of myopia.
Sort of looks like MS is trying to slip the shaft to Intel. Maybe it's
time for Intel to come out with a new OS and apps for the Pentium
line... or is that Linux too?

[Earl Benser]

I've got a hunch...

... that Linux or Unix will have no trouble utilizing the Itanium
processor for any number of tasks beyond MS's case of myopia.
Sort of looks like MS is trying to slip the shaft to Intel. Maybe it's
time for Intel to come out with a new OS and apps for the Pentium
line... or is that Linux too?

[Earl Benser]

I've got a hunch...

... that Linux or Unix will have no trouble utilizing the Itanium
processor for any number of tasks beyond MS's case of myopia.
Sort of looks like MS is trying to slip the shaft to Intel. Maybe it's
time for Intel to come out with a new OS and apps for the Pentium
line... or is that Linux too?

So what's new?

Windows Server 2003 for Itanium is also pretty limited. The Itanium 2 is an awesome chip, but way too expensive. You could setup a nice load balanced cluster using x86/EM64T CPU's for the same money.

So what's new?

Windows Server 2003 for Itanium is also pretty limited. The Itanium 2 is an awesome chip, but way too expensive. You could setup a nice load balanced cluster using x86/EM64T CPU's for the same money.

So what's new?

Windows Server 2003 for Itanium is also pretty limited. The Itanium 2 is an awesome chip, but way too expensive. You could setup a nice load balanced cluster using x86/EM64T CPU's for the same money.

Linux on ia64

The article specifically mentioned SLES and RHEL as Linux alternatives for for Itanium, and those are both good (but expensive) products.

If you want a free (enterprise level) alternative to those, give CentOS a try < http://www.centos.org >

Debian and Gentoo also have ia64 ports.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

The point is...

Linux is extremlely well supported on the Itanium.

Linux on ia64

The article specifically mentioned SLES and RHEL as Linux alternatives for for Itanium, and those are both good (but expensive) products.

If you want a free (enterprise level) alternative to those, give CentOS a try < http://www.centos.org >

Debian and Gentoo also have ia64 ports.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

The point is...

Linux is extremlely well supported on the Itanium.

Linux on ia64

The article specifically mentioned SLES and RHEL as Linux alternatives for for Itanium, and those are both good (but expensive) products.

If you want a free (enterprise level) alternative to those, give CentOS a try < http://www.centos.org >

Debian and Gentoo also have ia64 ports.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

The point is...

Linux is extremlely well supported on the Itanium.