[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-08-02, Keith Parris <keithparris_deletethis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 8/2/2012 12:45 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
>> 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.

And when Alpha was released, it came complete with a 25 year development
plan.

Simon.

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