> Love being made to look foolish repeating dumb rumors

Always depends on who started the rumour in the first place. In this case this was no less a figure than IBM itself. So if IBM spreads misinformation about their own product, taking it for truth is not a foolish act in my opinion.

> Makes the rumors about Power 8 look less likely.

You mean the rumour about future POWER chips with Cell SPE-like units?