I think you're right about this one. SPARC hasn't been competitive since the late 90's, so it's hard to see why IBM would care about keeping it alive in the fac

I think you're right about this one. SPARC hasn't been competitive since the late 90's, so it's hard to see why IBM would care about keeping it alive in the face of POWER -- not to mention, IBM is also one of Intel's biggest server OEM's.