A FEW WEEKS AGO, I asked our very lovely readers to send me their thoughts or information on the x86-64 vs IA-64 situation, whether they were aware of software in development for one or the other, or whether or not their particular businesses were planning to adopt either solution. This resulted in a flood of emails which I've spent some time reading and sorting through.

The emails I received, in general, fall into three camps: Itanium, Opteron, and "Other" (Alpha, PA-RISC, SPARC, etc), with a fairly even distribution ? Itanium and Opteron pulled in about 35% of the responses each, while the "Other" category was slightly smaller at 30%. The results, if not the exact percentages, are unsurprising, but the reasons people gave for their particular choices are quite interesting. I've spent quite a bit of time looking over the viewpoints of each side -- in aggregate, obviously -- so here's how things tend to break down. Keep in mind all viewpoints are generalised and do not reflect the particular views of any one reader

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