Article: HP Wins Oracle Lawsuit
By: Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxx.xx), August 2, 2012 6:16 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on August 1, 2012 5:50 pm wrote:
> > Reading the text of the
> > ruling as posted
> on HP's website, it looks like it probably includes OEL (5.5
> > was current
> on the date mentioned, and supported IPF.) Does this mean that OEL 6
> > is
> going to be legally required to be ported to Itanium?
>
> Hah, I hadn't thought
> about that...could be lots of fun for Oracle!
Double fun, as OEL is a derived of RHEL and RHEL6 will not support Itanium.
> > Reading the text of the
> > ruling as posted
> on HP's website, it looks like it probably includes OEL (5.5
> > was current
> on the date mentioned, and supported IPF.) Does this mean that OEL 6
> > is
> going to be legally required to be ported to Itanium?
>
> Hah, I hadn't thought
> about that...could be lots of fun for Oracle!
Double fun, as OEL is a derived of RHEL and RHEL6 will not support Itanium.