Comment Re:I was using HP-UX in the early 2000s (Score 1) 152
i hated HP's aCC compiler - regarding bugs and workarounds it was on par with MSVC
and then these cheap and blazing fast Opterons came and blew all those dinosaurs away (sparc, pa-risc). even the new kids on the block (itanic) could not compete.
they were so good that i bought a pair of dual core Opterons for home as well and i never really quit Amd since then.