Comments on: SGI affirms commitment to Itanium http://insidehpc.com/2009/07/27/sgi-affirms-commitment-to-itanium/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Fri, 03 May 2013 04:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Peter http://insidehpc.com/2009/07/27/sgi-affirms-commitment-to-itanium/#comment-176313 Peter Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:10:26 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=6447#comment-176313 What else is he going to say? * Saying nothing just lets the rumors continue which will hurt sales. * Saying anything short of 100% support will be interpreted as confirming the rumors, and will dry up any sales remaining in the pipeline. Therefore, by definition, they're publicly 100% committed to this product. (And all their products). Not meant to be critical of SGI. No company, especially in high tech, would say anything different than this when asked about a current product. Its a lot like when in response to rumors, the owner of a struggling baseball team issues a statement that he's "100% behind the manager". Often followed by the manager being fired within a matter of weeks, if not days... What else is he going to say?
* Saying nothing just lets the rumors continue which will hurt sales.
* Saying anything short of 100% support will be interpreted as confirming the rumors, and will dry up any sales remaining in the pipeline.

Therefore, by definition, they’re publicly 100% committed to this product. (And all their products).

Not meant to be critical of SGI. No company, especially in high tech, would say anything different than this when asked about a current product.

Its a lot like when in response to rumors, the owner of a struggling baseball team issues a statement that he’s “100% behind the manager”. Often followed by the manager being fired within a matter of weeks, if not days…

]]> By: Homer Simpson http://insidehpc.com/2009/07/27/sgi-affirms-commitment-to-itanium/#comment-176089 Homer Simpson Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:50:38 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=6447#comment-176089 "SGI is 100% committed to Itanium." That's at least 90% more committed than Intel “SGI is 100% committed to Itanium.”

That’s at least 90% more committed than Intel

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