[Info-vax] Itanium in the news (NOT)

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Neil Rieck wrote:
> LINUX SOFTWARE HOUSE Red Hat has decided that there is not enough
> interest in Intel's Itanium processor to keep supporting it.
> 
> The next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 will be Itanium free
> and while Red Hat is not the only Linux it will be a bit of a morale
> blow for Intel.
> 
> The Itanium is Intel's 64-bit enterprise chip, which we've long called
> the Itanic, and it is not exactly a best seller for Red Hat.
> 
> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1566977/red-hat-drop-itanic
> 
> NSR

Maybe the Itanic is sinking?  As a number of people argued it would?