Joel (joel.hruska.delete@this.gmail.com) on August 1, 2012 1:27 pm wrote:
> David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on August 1, 2012 1:02 pm
> wrote:
> > Good news for HP, Intel, Itanium, customers and nearly everyone.
> Bad news for
> > Oracle
> > though.
> >
> >
> http://www.realworldtech.com/hp-wins-lawsuit-vs-oracle/
> >
> > Comments
>
> > and discussion welcome!
> >
> > David
>
> That's a heck of a flip
> from what I expected; I didn't think HP's case was all that great. Then again, I
> also didn't think Oracle's was very good -- HP has the right to pay Intel to
> build Itanium chips, after all. It's hard to claim HP misled its customers into
> believing Itanium had a future when HP was paying hundreds of millions to make
> sure it *did.*
>
> Still I wonder what the long-term effect will be. Even if HP
> wins, Oracle will appeal, and will request a stay of injunction pending that
> appeal.

It depends.....likely the court will not conceder the stay of injunction. Anyway in one or two years the damage will become far larger and Oracle compensation will rise exponentially to several billions. LOL far better prosecute the development of future products on Itanium.