[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[JF Mezei]

David Froble wrote:

> What I don't understand JF, is why you're so intent to get people off VMS.  You 
> got some ax to grind here?  You're not helpful.


HP has stated on multiple occasions that there is no porting of IA64
operating systems beyond IA64. They have not rescinded or given hints
that they could rethink this.

HP has already reduced VMS support/development to a bare minimum, with
the new kids on the block making many mistakes. (such as the initial
DIRECTORY bug in the early 8.4). The roadmap has been scaled back to
essentially supporting new servers as they are produced.

The Oracle issue has uncovered the fact that HP has lied to customers by
pretending there was no edn in sight for IA64 when in fact they have
signed a contract with Intel to postpone and manage the end of IA64.

Considering that the remaining VMS installed base has strong ties to VMS
features that make it hard to migrate,  I feel the installed base needs
to start thinking about moving to another platform NOW so that they can
do this in a careful and thought out plan without having to rush.

HP has shown that its PR cannot be trusted  with regards to the real
future of IA64. And as long as HP continues to lie to customers, you
can't really know what its true intentions and timing are going to be.

With the serious drop in BCS business over the last year, HP will be
under considerable pressure to stop wasting money on IA64 (now that
financial analysts know that HP has been dumping serious cash into this
money pit, they may be asking serious questions about ending IA64 sooner
rather than later.