[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Keith Parris]

On 8/2/2012 10:43 AM, ChrisQ wrote:
> Sounds a bit iffy to me as well, in that if Oracle had information that
> Itanium was to be canned, they might assume that they would get little
> or no return on the investment needed to keep the product updated and
> competitive.

All the information in the trial documents points to a situation way 
back in 2007 where the continuation of Itanium development appeared to 
be at risk for a time, but then the contract between HP and Intel signed 
in 2007 solved that problem. At this point, as Kirk Skaugen of Intel 
testified, Intel is contracted to continue Itanium development until at 
least 2022, and HP has the option to renew at that point. So Oracle 
can't reasonably claim Itanium was at risk at any time after the 2007 
contract was signed. And when you asked about it, Intel concurred with HP.