[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Michael Kraemer]

Keith Parris schrieb:

> 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 

LOL. How often have HP/intel broken their roadmap promises?

> extends farther out than Oracle's roadmap 
> for SPARC, or IBM's roadmap for POWER.

SPARC and Power are made by reputable vendors,
and reputable vendors don't predict development
for more than one and a half generation down the road.
Anything beyond that is pure speculation.