Re: IBM shifts software price for dual-core x86 chips. Oracle next?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:15:44 -0700
Message-ID: <1114463507.911290@yasure>

hpuxrac wrote:

>>That solves nothing. IBM is going to accept dual-cores as single cpus

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>>only on Intels (Intel's HT and new AMD's dual cores) and not for the
>>real performers such as their own RISC CPUs. They are only realizing
>>that dual cores in Intel area are just single cores behaving like

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> dual
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>>cores with almost no real performance gains. No gain, no pain (no
>>additional software licences).

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> The AMD dual core cpu's are a nice design and "do perform". Running
> hpux or solaris or linux on those machines will be quite nice.
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> That being said let's hope Oracle does change course here but don't
> hold your breath.

Why? Better performance at a far lower price can be had from the P5 chips in an Apple G5. Why would anyone waste money and speed on AMD and Intel.

The message from Oracle has been clear for several years ... hardware is a commodity. Very soon the operating system will be too. There is really not a single point I can think of in favor of even considering anything from AMD and Intel unless one has a mandate to decrease ROI.

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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Received on Mon Apr 25 2005 - 16:15:44 CDT