Oracle Claims Intel Is Looking To Sink the Itanic

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:18PM from the left-behind dept.

Blacklaw writes "Intel's ill-fated Itanium line has lost another supporter, with Oracle announcing that it is to immediately stop all software development on the platform. 'After multiple conversations with Intel senior management Oracle has decided to discontinue all software development on the Intel Itanium microprocessor,' a company spokesperson claimed. 'Intel management made it clear that their strategic focus is on their x86 microprocessor and that Itanium was nearing the end of its life.'"

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Re:Sparc by pavon · 2011-03-23 12:51 · Score: 5, Insightful

Unless of course they're telling the truth.
Intel is strongly denying Oracle's claims that Itanium is near end-of-life. So it looks like more Oracle FUD, and probably intended to harm HP-UX rather than Intel.