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HP Lays Off Unix/IA-64 gurus

Posted by Hemos on from the bad-times-for-everyone dept.

A reader writes "On Tuesday HP announced that it is closing a lab in NJ. This was an HP-UX development lab, responsible for porting HP-UX to IA64. The lab employed top engineers, including some who have worked in Unix kernels for over 20 years (originally from Bell Labs, Novell, and other companies). " That report came from a soon-to-be former employee.

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  1. Article gets it wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This article is written by someone who quite simply doesn't know all the facts.

    I work at HP, so I have some insight about what is going on here.

    While it is unfortunate for those involved, it makes no sense for HP to keep a small facility like that open. Sitting here in Fort Collins, I can survey rows of empty cubicles and much larger base of people to support.

    Here and other sites, there is a ton of IA64, HP-UX, and Linux work going on. The article would make you think it was all done at this small plant in NJ, but it just isn't so. In no way does this closing represent a lessening of HP's support for IA-64, HP-UX, or Linux for that matter.