[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Michael Kraemer]

In article <501ab3f0$0$44395$c3e8da3$f017e9df at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> 
> IF Oracle really did sign a contract that had it commit to continue
> development for IA64 until end of sales, then that contract is binding.
> 
 
What I hear (read) is that this isn't so clear at all,
otherwise it wouldn't have ended up in court.
Seems it was more of a verbal agreement, based on the
assumption that everything is fine on board the Itanic.

> 
> My question is whether Oracle was really so dumb as to sign this or
> whether this interpretation was made by the judge based on other
> contracts such as the ugliness when Hurd got hired by Oracle.