[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Keith Parris]

On 8/2/2012 12:45 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
> One of the Oracle documents that was "obtained" from HP showed HP
> expected customers to learn about the EOL of Itanium in 2012.

That was if Intel followed through with their threats way back in 2007 
to end Itanium development. The contract that HP and Intel signed in 
2007 eliminated that problem.

> The second HP fesses up that IA64 is a lame duck waiting to be EOLed,

According to testimony by Kirk Skaugen of Intel, Intel has a contract 
with HP to continue Itanium development through 2022, and HP has the 
option to renew it beyond that time 
(http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2170327/hp-force-intel-develop-itanium-2022) 
So Itanium's documented future extends farther out than Oracle's roadmap 
for SPARC, or IBM's roadmap for POWER.