Article: HP Wins Oracle Lawsuit
By: Anonymouse (Anony.delete@this.mouse.com), August 4, 2012 11:01 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
mpx (mpx.delete@this.nomail.pl) on August 2, 2012 12:01 am wrote:
> David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on August 1, 2012 3:30 pm
> wrote:
>
> > The lawsuit
> > is about enforcing contracts. Oracle entered
> into a contract to support
> > Itanium, and the courts are upholding
> it.
>
> There is no contract to deliver new major Oracle software versions for
> Itanium. What the judge is doing is implying something that was never there in
> the first place. The existing software versions are supported by a support team
> and patches are released. HP x86 platforms other than Itanium get the new
> software versions.
>
>
>
> http://allthingsd.com/20120606/read-the-4-billion-paragraph-that-oracle-an
> d-hp-are-fighting-over/
>
Read the judgment properly - it's all about the historical relationship, executive promises, conduct, clean hands in addition to this contract, which is more the icing on the cake.
> David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on August 1, 2012 3:30 pm
> wrote:
>
> > The lawsuit
> > is about enforcing contracts. Oracle entered
> into a contract to support
> > Itanium, and the courts are upholding
> it.
>
> There is no contract to deliver new major Oracle software versions for
> Itanium. What the judge is doing is implying something that was never there in
> the first place. The existing software versions are supported by a support team
> and patches are released. HP x86 platforms other than Itanium get the new
> software versions.
>
>
>
> http://allthingsd.com/20120606/read-the-4-billion-paragraph-that-oracle-an
> d-hp-are-fighting-over/
>
Read the judgment properly - it's all about the historical relationship, executive promises, conduct, clean hands in addition to this contract, which is more the icing on the cake.