This cant be true..can it?

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Okay this is pissin me off

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/36733.html

Not only does it say that Itaniums are now the #1 supplier for servers... it says the Sun CEO is supporting Intel?! But what really got to me was this part:

"Itanium is like a hockey analogy and a car analogy rolled into one analogy," McNealy said. "It's the best of all possible worlds. That UltraSPARC thing was fun and all, but it really makes more sense for us to make all of our customers move their software onto Intel's really neat product."

"Yeah, it is neat," said Dell. "Industry standard ecosystems are neat."

IBM also plans to stop development of its Power processor. IBM and Sun had managed to fend Intel off for some time, relegating Itanium to the back rooms of a few universities and Microsoft campuses. IHoD, however, said that Itanium sales suddenly took off in the early part of this year, making both Power and UltraSPARC chips "irrelevant".


Am I the only one who sees this article as complete FUD?

Also from the article:

After cutting a celebratory ribbon, Intel's Barrett declared this "the century of Itanium."

Everyone present clapped politely.

"Microsoft sucks," McNealy said, as he left the event.
 
What's the date of the article? What happens often during the date of the article? Love the "I am the lizard king" quote though. :D
 
Lizard King? Microsoft Sucks? Why would you question the veracity of an article with these kind of comments?

The answer is: yes, it is... April 1st
 
Yes, I'm pretty sure the Itanium sold gobs and gobs early this year, accounting for its sudden skyrocket. It's quite an amazing piece of technology!
 
Michael Dell, HP's Carly Fiorina, IBM's Sam Palmisano and even Sun's Scott McNealy were all on hand at the Intel event.

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IBM also plans to stop development of its Power processor. IBM and Sun had managed to fend Intel off for some time, relegating Itanium to the back rooms of a few universities and Microsoft campuses. IHoD, however, said that Itanium sales suddenly took off in the early part of this year, making both Power and UltraSPARC chips "irrelevant".

April Fools! The CEOs of HP, Sun, and IBM would not be at an Intel event to displace their company's processors. EEK!
 
Well bad April's Fool Prank in muh opinion...i went to a very respected site (theRegister.co.uk) where I thought i could find factual information...instead the site is writing out B$ April's Fool articles that scared me half to death..Not cool...
 
There were far far more April Fool stories on Slashdot, it all got a bit silly. I quite liked the register's one though. And anyway, come on dude:

Intel's server processor chief Mike Fister was a bit more modest.
"I am the lizard king," he said.
 
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