[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[JF Mezei]

Richard Maher wrote:

> HP could forgo any costs/damages in response to some re-stated commitment 
> from Oracle to IA64?


It would be interesting if the judge decided that damages paid by Oracle
to HP would only apply if Kittson+ is not the last iteration of IA64
(aka: Oracle's allegatiosn of EOL at Kittson+ are proven to be false).

With HP having wound down development teams for its IA64 operating
systems, it isn't really equipped to continue developping them for much
longer. And having to pay Intel to produce one extra generation of IA64
chip after Kittson+ might end up costing more than the value of the
damages that Oracle would have to pay.

And with BCS sales tanking, there would be less and less financial
justification to rebuild development teams for VMS, HP-UX and NSK AND
pay Intel for an extra generation of IA64  just for the sake of proving
Larry Ellison wrong.