Quote Originally Posted by Iconyu View Post
No, he's saying they won't even run the same software. It's not like when we're picking parts for our rigs, when you pick Itanium it's because Itanium isn't x86 (and avoids all the problems x86 has), it's built like a tank, and does the job you need it for well.

Like comparing Sparc and PowerPC to x86 you can get raw performance numbers but that isn't the big picture. All three platforms sell because they offer something else, and while Opteron offers a different flavour than the Xeons it's still x86.

Well this is an enterprise solution, so what does amd have for the enterprise market? The Opteron and I would say that is competing.