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Re:AMD's master plan to topple Intel - Back to the top on a ... by gaius on Saturday July 09, 2011 @05:09AM (#2745345)
Consider this: probably the majority of "enterprise" developers today are working in Java. And they would rather run their code in a JVM on a PC than on a dedicated JavaStation/SunRay/whatever. That's the kind of entrenchment you would have to overcome.
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Re:AMD's master plan to topple Intel - Back to the top on a ... by rat on Saturday July 09, 2011 @06:42AM (#2745426)
otoh a lot of enterprise java code is probably tied to windows in some fashion. And linux runs best on x86.
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