[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[JF Mezei]

Keith Parris wrote:

> 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 

The wording in the article states that Intel is to make IA64 available
to HP until that date. It says nothing about continued development until
2022.

Basically, Intel is to make one last big run of IA64 chips and keep them
in some old wharehouse in case HP needs some.