[Info-vax] Itanic is a dead end : IBM

[Richard Maher]

"John Smith (not the one @ HP)" <a at nonymous.com> wrote in message 
news:jgyDp.11295$eb4.8872 at newsfe02.iad...
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/229700037?cid=nl_IW_daily_2011-05-26_html
>
> "As we spend time with clients there is a view that there is no roadmap 
> beyond what's currently available," said Rod Adkins, IBM's senior VP for 
> Systems and Technology, in an interview. "I do believe there is a dead-end 
> for Itanium."
>
> ....
>
> Intel disagrees:
> At lauch, Intel VP Kirk Skaugen insisted that, while the new Xeon does 
> rival Itanium in some ways, future versions of Itanium will surpass the 
> E7. "Itanium is on a two-year beat rate," said Skaugen. "Since Itanium is 
> not on a tick-tock schedule, Xeon and Itanium will leap-frog each other."
>

Well, at least he didn't come out and say "We're not supporting any new 
versions of our software on Itanium or on new Itanium versions".

Does IBM still have any software on VMS? MQSeries? WebSphere ever make it?

Given the financial state of HP, I can't see a major port of VMS and NSK to 
x86 even if there was any managerial backing or demand outside the 10 people 
here. So that leaves us with HP doing something extraordinary to get Oracle 
etc al back on board the good ship Itanic. It's just not gonna happen is it? 
This is really it :-(

Regards Richard Maher

PS, Is it true that Oracle 11gR2/VMS was sitting there ready to be shipped 
when Larry killed it?