[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[JF Mezei]

David Froble wrote:

> That said, you have to wonder what kind of games Larry will play.  "Bug? Ok, we'll look at 
> it, ....", and time passes, and such.  Can production shops put up with problems that stop 
> them dead in the water?  Can they wait 3 weeks for Oracle to look at the problem?

I don't think so. I think Oracle will want to keep its own support costs
down and produce software that runs well on HP-UX.  It is Oracle's image
that would be hurt f its software was buggy.  Release schedule may have
HP-U gets its new versions later than usual though, but they will get them.

Oracle has already inflicted the harm it wanted to inflict on HP. And
eventually, HP will announce the EOL for IA64.

At the time HP annouces the EOL for IA64, things will get interssting as
Oracle may seek t have its obligation to continue to produce new
versions voided and reduced to obligation to support existing versions.