[Info-vax] Oracle loses appeal in HP/Oracle Lawsuit

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Keith Parris wrote 2013-02-04 18:28:
> After Phase 1 of the HP Oracle lawsuit, which determined that there was
> indeed a contract between HP and Oracle that required Oracle to support its
> software on Itanium systems, Oracle appealed the decision. If their appeal
> were successful, that would be the end of the case.
>
> But Oracle’s appeal was denied last Thursday by the California 6th District
> Court of Appeals (see
> http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/disposition.cfm?dist=6&doc_id=2027505&doc_no=H038880).
>
>
> So Phase 2 of the trial will now proceed, which is to determine if Oracle
> breached the contract and if so, what damages are due HP. A pre-trial
> hearing is scheduled for March 20 and the trial is scheduled to begin April
> 8, according to the “Update for HP-Oracle Joint Customers” on HP’s website
> at http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/us/en/systems/customer-oracle.html.
>
> The San Jose Mercury News article on this is at
> http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22498649/judge-denies-oracle-attempt-end-hewlett-packards-itanium.
> Computerworld’s report is at
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236432/Oracle_loses_appeal_of_ruling_in_HP_suit.
>

Also:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01/oracle_loses_hp_itanium_appeal/