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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:22:44 +0000, daytripper wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:39:24 -0500, Keith R. Williams <krw@att.bizzzz> wrote:
>
>>In article <10s3o86nefkpk43@corp.supernews.com>, IhateSpam@stopspam.com
>>says...
>>> I honestly think this just gave Itanium new life. It actually has a chance
>>> now. Having HP draped all over this was the worst thing that ever happened
>>> to it.
>>
>>I'd love to hear your reasons for believing this! From all reports the
>>architecture grew out of HP. ...unless you're saying that the "worst
>>thing that ever happened" was to start work on it. ;-)
>
> You gotta believe there are a whole bunch of HP engineers that feel that way
> right about now :-(
Fully agree. However, unfortunate as it is, that's life in the fast lane.
Been there - done that, but somehow survived (and if I knew how, I'd sell
it and live next to Billy).
>
> /daytripper (frankly, I thought he was trying to be "ironical" and
> probably should have put quotes around the body of his post ;-)
I'll let him tell me I'm all wet in my reading, but I didn't see any irony
at all. "I honestly think" and "having HP draped all over" doesn't imply
irony at all. ...rather I infer ignorance.
--
Keith