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More Court Trouble For Oracle: Now HP Is Suing Them

Posted by Unknown on from the larry-ellison-hops-off-the-itanic dept.

New submitter another random user writes "Oracle violated its contract with Hewlett-Packard (HP) after it decided that future versions of its database software would not support a line of HP servers, HP's lawyer has said in court." The issue at hand: Oracle agreed to support Itanium, and has since pulled support. "... Hewlett-Packard estimates it should be awarded more than $4 billion in damages, based on an extrapolation to 2020 that accounts for projected losses, said the person, who didn’t want to be identified because the court document containing the damages request is confidential." Oracle is using the Itanic defense: "In cross-examination today, Oracle attorney Dan Wall asked Livermore [HP board member] if she had heard Itanium called 'Itanic,' a reference to the 'Titanic' oceanliner sinking. 'I've heard lots of terms,' Livermore said. 'I understand the reference they are making and I don’t like it. It is not done by anyone I like or respect.'"

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  1. Karma by binarylarry · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, not the open source project "Karma" but "Karma" in the cosmic hippie sense.

    I hope HP takes them to the cleaners. And they aren't even being patent trolls, it genuinely sounds like Uncle Larry Douchebag screwed them over.

    Go HP!

    (Sorry HP, your products still suck... but your lawsuit is AWESOME!)

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  2. So, let me get this straight... by GGardner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The company that killed WebOS and seriously considered selling off their whole PC business line is desperate to hang on to their Itanium business?