Is HP Paying Intel To Keep Itanium Alive?

itwbennett writes "In a court filing, Oracle accused HP of secretly contracting with Intel to keep making Itanium processors so that it can continue to make money from its locked-in Itanium customers and take business away from Oracle's Sun servers. Oracle says that Intel would have long ago killed off Itanium if not for these payments from HP. For its part, HP called the filing a 'desperate delay tactic' in the lawsuit HP filed against Oracle over its decision to stop developing for Itanium."

HP is run by Vogons...

[emil]

...and Itanium is the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

I'm not sure what sort of Faustian Bargain HP made with Intel over Itanium, but it certainly had nothing to do with quality products or customer service.

Anyone sane bolted for Linux long ago.

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[wisty]

DB2 is the best big-iron database, and MS-SQL is the best big-iron database for people who don't really like databases.

I guess that leaves Oracle as the database for people who like databases, but not too much. The Mitsubishi Lancer of databases, as it were.

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[Anonymous Coward]

here you go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Citation [wikipedia.org]

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[Anonymous Coward]

I'd suggest using new brand name... A pure 64-bit chip with no limitations due to legacy architectures has a lot of potential, potential Intel never really took advantage of.

I hear Alpha AXP's not being used...