The only thing I can say is that I find this very distasteful lobbying on the part of Qualcomm. It is disappointing to see that a Qualcomm is attempting to use the current conflict in Iraq for its own end. This is not a time to have a sort of VHS vs. Betamax discussion. The reconstruction of Iraq must be for the betterment of its people. We should not allow opportunistic behaviour to besmirch efforts in Iraq.
Moreover, why tie oneself to a decision now? Surely the operators who win the right to construct and run the new networks should determine the optimal technology. The proposed Qualcomm line appears to be directly opposed to the US Government's line in 1999 on 3G in Europe. Citing WTO obligations, they were successful in arguing that Europe should not mandate W-CDMA but permit any IMT-2000 standard. Qualcomm seems to want the US to mandate a particular 2G standard in Iraq.
This "pcpreferred" page is part of the "DV" or "motion" section of the Adobe web site and I think that context is important. In the video space Adobe is having a real tough time competing against Apple's Final Cut Pro. Most Mac based video editing is now done on FCPro and Adobe's Premiere is losing market share. However, in the x86 arena Adobe doesn't have that competition. So it is in their commercial interest to try and move video professionals over to x86 because that is their only guarantee that Premiere get sold.
I personally believe that x86 currently has the raw performance edge over PPC but that is not the only basis on which professionals make their choice. Final Cut Pro is not only a superior product than Premiere ii is also far better optimised to make use the dual-processors of the Mac platform. I think Adobe is just miffed and want to lure video professionals away from FCPro and the only way they think they can do that is by diverting the attention away from their relatively weak Premiere by emphasising the speed of x86 and some other Adobe products. Basically they are admitting that Premiere isn't cutting it against Final Cut Pro!
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The only thing I can say is that I find this very distasteful lobbying on the part of Qualcomm. It is disappointing to see that a Qualcomm is attempting to use the current conflict in Iraq for its own end. This is not a time to have a sort of VHS vs. Betamax discussion. The reconstruction of Iraq must be for the betterment of its people. We should not allow opportunistic behaviour to besmirch efforts in Iraq. Moreover, why tie oneself to a decision now? Surely the operators who win the right to construct and run the new networks should determine the optimal technology. The proposed Qualcomm line appears to be directly opposed to the US Government's line in 1999 on 3G in Europe. Citing WTO obligations, they were successful in arguing that Europe should not mandate W-CDMA but permit any IMT-2000 standard. Qualcomm seems to want the US to mandate a particular 2G standard in Iraq.
This "pcpreferred" page is part of the "DV" or "motion" section of the Adobe web site and I think that context is important. In the video space Adobe is having a real tough time competing against Apple's Final Cut Pro. Most Mac based video editing is now done on FCPro and Adobe's Premiere is losing market share. However, in the x86 arena Adobe doesn't have that competition. So it is in their commercial interest to try and move video professionals over to x86 because that is their only guarantee that Premiere get sold. I personally believe that x86 currently has the raw performance edge over PPC but that is not the only basis on which professionals make their choice. Final Cut Pro is not only a superior product than Premiere ii is also far better optimised to make use the dual-processors of the Mac platform. I think Adobe is just miffed and want to lure video professionals away from FCPro and the only way they think they can do that is by diverting the attention away from their relatively weak Premiere by emphasising the speed of x86 and some other Adobe products. Basically they are admitting that Premiere isn't cutting it against Final Cut Pro!