Posts by IT Consultant

Oracle reveals 32-core, 10 BEEELLION-transistor SPARC M7

Re: This explains IBM's $3 billion systems invest FUD

This comment is total FUD. Doubt it? Do a bakeoff!

HP says 'turnaround remains on track', cuts thousands of workers

Re: Wow, PC sales actually grew?

The reality is is that there are reasons multiple platforms exist. Many companies ARE looking for options as licensing costs skyrocket and security breaches are ever rising. Never mind server sprawl. I'd bet that the 60% utilization number quotes by our anonymous coward friend include virtualization overhead. When organizations need something reliable, scalable and secure, at least they have options. Proprietary? No. Expensive? No. Simply not true. Reliable, secure and scalable? Yes. Sounds to me like a bake-off is in order.