[geeks] Amusing HP interview

[Koyote]

Hey, they managed to kill the alpha, right? What do you expect?

 
> If you ask me, I don't think it has anythign to do with flat earth
> thinking or not.  The point is, the Itanium was DOA.  The Itanium2 is
> shaping up to live a similar life (or lack thereof).  The software
> doesn't exist, the widespread adoption doesn't exist, the chip is a
> niche market chip and HP has no idea how to market it.  It's as if you
> had SGI complaining about how all these PC users weren't buying Fuels.
> 
> It all comes down to failure to market to the target audience.
> 
> -- 
> Kurt                 "Who am I kidding?  Cake is just a delivery
> kurt at k-huhn.com        mechanism for icing." 
>                                               -- Alton Brown