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The Windows 2003 Server x64 will only run on the AMD Opteron and not the AMD Athlon series. Whereas, the Windows XP Prof x64 will run on both AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon series. There is a movement now from the Opteron Socket 940 into the Socket 939 but I guess one will have to wait a bit for the Socket 939 Opteron chips. Socket 939 is relatively  cheaper & with improved performance due to use of non-ECC & registered memory chips.

Chris Garrett cites a 'Problem with Open Source'  with some interesting insights. In my experiences with corporate clients - one reason they like 'Open Source' is that they can download it "immediately" and not go through their bureacratic paper-work, permissions and procedures that usually takes months!

I got this from Hugh -  (Hugh is one of the engineers at Groove Networks)

You have to hand it to Oracle - they know how to grab you by the nose to get you to use their products. Now this -  Oracle Gives Developers Opportunity to Reach for the Stars with a Trip to Suborbital Space.

Reuters reports that ' Worldwide PC Market Seen Doubling by 2010'.

64-Bit .NET Framework at MSDN is here.

Jeez.. I had just posted about DotNet Rocks Videos recently and I guess Carl took me seriously!.. :-)