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Microsoft Dropping Itanium Support For Clusters

Posted by timothy on from the laming-the-duck dept.

upsidedown_duck writes "According to an article at TheStreet.com, Microsoft is opting not to support Itanium on its coming release of Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition. Instead, Microsoft will focus on AMD's offerings and Xeon."

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  1. Netcraft confirms it... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 3, Funny
    Itanic is dying. The writing is on the...


    Aww, you know the rest.

    1. Re:Netcraft confirms it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      AMD CEO: [looks at the inscription on the rock] Brother Torvalds, what does it say?
      BROTHER TORVALDS: It reads, 'Here may be found the last words of Craig Barrett of Intel. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the final Itanium chip in the chip fab of Aaauuuggghhh...'
      AMD CEO: What?
      BROTHER TORVALDS: 'The chip fab of Aaauuuggghhh...'
      AMD CEO: What is that?
      BROTHER TORVALDS: He must have died while carving it.
      AMD CEO: Look if he was dying he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaauuuggghhh' on the rock he would have just said it.
      AMD VP: Maybe he was dictating?
      AMD CEO: Oh shut up.
      AMD CEO: Well does it say anything else?
      BROTHER TORVALDS: No, just 'Aaaaauuuugggghhh'
      [coders making groaning sounds]
      STEVE JOBS: Do you think he could have meant 'Seaaaauuuuuggghhhhttle'?
      AMD VP: Where's that?
      STEVE JOBS: Canada I think.
      WOZ: Isn't there a Palo Aauuugghhlto in California?
      AMD CEO: No that's Alto.
      [All coders saying, 'Aaauuughhhlllto']
      STEVE JOBS: Whooooouuuuaaa!
      WOZ: No it's 'Aaaaauuuugggghhhh' from the back of the throat.
      STEVE JOBS: No I mean, 'Whoooouuuuaaa!' as in surprise and alarm.
      WOZ: Oh you mean like, 'Auuuuhhhhh!'
      STEVE JOBS: Yes that's it. Auuuuuhhhhhaaa!
      WOZ: Auuuuhhhhhaaa!
      BROTHER TORVALDS: It's the legendary black suited law firm of of Aaaaauuuugghhhh!
      AMD CEO: Run Away! RUN AWAY!
      WOZ: RUN AWAY!

  2. Oops by Elpacoloco · · Score: 1, Funny

    I forgot to add on the end:

    </captainobvious>

  3. dammit by koi88 · · Score: 3, Funny


    Dammit, I can't blame MS for this move.
    As much as we all like MS-bashing, this action does not seem evil.

    Or, is it? (Please?)

    Has anybody just bought a big Itanium-cluster to run Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition on it?

    BTW, is the name really "Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition"? Sounds terrible...

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    1. Re:dammit by luvirini · · Score: 4, Funny
      BTW, is the name really "Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition"? Sounds terrible...

      Oh, I am sure the developers wanted to call it Windows Server 2003 CCF (Complete Cluster F***) but the marketing people stepped in... Changing the name to Windows Server 2003 CCE

  4. Itanic by Konster · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Pentium Pro never really delivered? In it's various incarnations (Pentium Pro, Pentium 2, Pentium 3)have been around for a while...

    But anyway, this is news how? I wasn't aware that there were enough Itanics around to MAKE into a cluster :)

  5. Re:Bad news for Intel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    To misquote the late Lew Grade:

    "Raise the Itanic? It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic!"

  6. Re:Itanic Itanium by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Since my friend pronounces Linux as "Loonix," it's surprising that it's users aren't all fish-eating, web-footed birds.

    Itanium doesn't rhyme with Titanic any more than bizooty does.

  7. Re:Windows Supercomputer? by pchan- · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does anyone want a Windows Supercomputer anyway?

    i don't know about you guys, but the first thing i look for in a supercomputer is an easy to use graphical user interface. who wants to spend all that time typing archaic commands into their supercomputer's commandline? i just put NumberCrunch.exe on my desktop, and doubleclick it when i'm ready to launch. and all of my computations are stored on my shared folder, so that the other nodes can see what i've done and add their results. and while my program is running in the background i can also browse the web or play a little doom 3 (you would not believe the frame rates i get). but remember, turn off your screensavers if you want your supercomputer to reach its full power, because that opengl flying windows thing takes up alot of cpu time.

  8. Crap by JamesP · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we cannot imagine a bewolf cluster of these...

    Pfff!!!

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  9. Re:Any next generation chip left? by pandrijeczko · · Score: 1, Funny
    Or are we stuck with the x86 architecture until 2020?

    We sure are - Microsoft have enough trouble developing bloated, unstable & insecure applications for one processor architecture, they sure don't want to develop for any others...

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  10. Wow! Two things nobody needs in one sentence! by DeeKay · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Itanium" and "Windows Cluster Edition"!

    It's like saying "Bum Rashes announce they won't support haemmorhoids"...