IBM pulls Barcelona SPEC scores

IBM HAS PULLED its Barcelona based SPEC scores.

The documents on the SPEC site claim this is due to non-compliance. But it is not quire as ugly as it sounds, basically, you have three months from score submission to box release, and IBM didn't make that.

OK, maybe it is uglier than that, there aren't enough Barcelonas out there to launch a server with, and IBM's action reflects this.

The scores are quite valid, it is just that you can't buy the damn things no matter how much you whine.

You can read the exact wording and see the nice red watermark here, here, here and here. Ouch. µ