On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 20:19 +0300, Janne Blomqvist wrote: > Huh? That's a quite long-winded way of telling us that you didn't > bother to read the linked article beyond extrapolating from the > headline.
I read it. I am also a MCITP on Windows Server 2008 (not that it matters, I do it on my own time and dollar). In any case, I keep up with Microsoft developments. In many cases, the "support" is "under-delivered" in my experiences. Of course, people can freely assumed I'm biased, and I am in no position to answer for any organization. > Then again, why let such provincial matters get in the way of a rant. ;-) I wasn't aware I was ranting. My apologies if so. I find that a bit humorous in light of other posts, but my apologies if you feel so. However, the Itanium issue (along with Xen) regularly comes up. It is then followed by FUD (which literally means fear, uncertainty and doubt). > To summarize, w2k8r2 is the last version of windows server to support > itanium. Mainstream support will continue until 2013, and some kind of > extended support until 2018. Doesn't really seem like a dramatically > different way of abandoning ship than what Red Hat is doing. What about W2K8R3? Understand I was around for the mid-drop of non-x86 architectures in Windows NT as well, and had Alpha/NT platforms myself. Losing support and having limited updates, especially when security patches do slip, can be a major issue. I would not have commented had I not run into it myself. I think this just reminds me why I need to help clients and customers individually and privately. It's very easy for statements I never make and threads I never start to be associated with myself. ;) > I don't particularly care about the fortunes of Itanium one way or the > other; I see it as an interesting, though ultimately failed, computer > science experiment. As someone with an EE running Alpha at the time IA-64 was announced, and Digital Semiconductor engineers publicly stating the EPIC and Branch Predication will fail, I do agree. However, there are still existing customers involved, so I have no such luxury. ;) > Personally, I was happy when several years ago, we got rid of our last > non-x86 servers; in our case, Digital Unix on Alpha. Then you should remember when Microsoft "dropped the ball" on several platforms mid-NT as well, correct? Again, my mistake for posting. It's just that I do deal with IA-64 right now, and have in the past, for my customers/clients. I don't think I was ranting in the least bit, and I think others were far more involved than I. -- Bryan J Smith Senior Consultant Red Hat, Inc Professional Consulting http://www.redhat.com/consulting mailto:[email protected] +1 (407) 489-7013 (Mobile) mailto:[email protected] (Blackberry/Red Hat-External) -------------------------------------------------------- You already know Red Hat as the entity dedicated to 100% no-IP-strings-attached, community software development. But do you know where CIOs rate Red Hat versus other software and services firms for their own, direct needs, year after year? http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/ _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
