This sounds very communist. Government (judiciary arm) ordering a private corporation what product they have to produce on what platform. It changes the profile of case and the appeal from simple monetary damage back to the basics of economic system of the country, including "fight for freedom" (from Itanium) or "rescuing capitalism" (from controlling totalitarian courts) on Oracle's side. That's good for lawyers - they will create history, and get a lot of high-paid hours as a side effect.


BTW. IT market is too unregulated. The most modern bad outcome is producers of tablet OSes cutting off the possibility of shops other than their own to sell applications for the devices controlled by the OS. Preventing such practices by regulations will be beneficial for the world. But no regulation should force a company to support Itanium...