IBM: Bringing Trash Talk Back to High Tech

Earlier this month, IBM and HP went at it over who has the better blade servers. HP hit back, and it's likely the two companies will continue going at it for some time.

Now IBM's Elisabeth Stahl is taunting Sun Microsystems over its new server, "Thumper:"

(Ok, Ok. It's not exactly Tyson taunting Holyfield. But them's fighting words in the world of mid-range solution development.)

Sun Microsystems' BM Seer responded:

Both Stahl and Seer republish complex sets of benchmarks to back up their respective claims.

I've never played "Thumper" as a drinking game, but evidently it involves a lot of hand gestures. That may make it appropriate here, but in another context.