[Info-vax] Itanium Poulson a game changer

[johnson.eric at gmail.com]

On Saturday, February 23, 2013 10:06:47 AM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
 
> While digging up some details on this, there's an interesting detail in 
> footnote 2 in the lifecycle graph here 
> 
> <http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Mission-Critical-Computing-Blog/Let-the-facts-speak-Itanium-based-Integrity-server-support-goes/ba-p/91339> 
> 
> that I'd missed in my previous reading.  That footnote specifically 
> omits OpenVMS support on Kittson; on the Poulson follow-on Itanium 
> processor.  That status and support might change of course — the whole 
> slide is subject to change, after all — but that was an interesting 
> omission.

There is also this text on the page which reinforces that omission.

"OpenVMS 8.4 operating system sales and support are committed to be aligned with sales of Poulson-based Integrity servers."

EJ