Gordon Haff
Gordon Haff
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This is a bigger story for Apple than for Intel. Apple liked Intel's roadmap better than that of Power PC, and the idea is that they will now sell a higher percentage of notebook computers.
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Dell has had a really good run selling essentially cookie-cutter rack-mount servers. But the era of solving problems by just buying more boxes is coming to a close.
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Obviously, they have to sell lots of systems of this size to pay back what has to be a considerably larger R&D investment than they have even with Galaxy.
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Certainly, the fact that you need to be using brand new hardware is a selling disadvantage out the door.
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Business desktops are a narrow, narrow margin business; they are almost a commodity. You have to be very efficient in order to make money selling desktops.
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The potential here is a lot more efficient use of hardware, better centralized management, and potentially more flexibility with users in that they're not tied to a particular desktop device. I don't believe there's a one-size-fits-all approach, we'll probably end up with a combination of thin clients and various types of fat clients.
devil question
It is a question of the devil you know.
channels partners setting supply
Particularly with this kind of niche, this isn't really so much about the box, it's about channels and go-to-market. It's about setting up distribution and supply partners more than it is about the right box.
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People have tried a lot of special purpose processing devices over the years and, with the exceptions of graphics units and arguably floating point units, general purpose processors have always won out in the end.
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Microsoft is going to be very late to the game and will need to overcome a presumption that it will favor Windows.
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Microsoft has made a few unsuccessful attempts to become a key player in the supercomputer market but the company could be in a better position for success this time.
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Microsoft has built its business on working with third party software vendors and wants to leverage that expertise to the supercomputing arena.
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Michael Dell likes to periodically send messages to Intel that Dell does have the option of introducing AMD.
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You have to do a lot of running just to stay in place in this business.