OK, maybe I wasn't too clear, so here goes again:
HP's official policy is that IA-64 will eventually replace PA-RISC, but the scuttlebutt within the company is that they don't want to bet the farm on Intel and so they're leaving themselves an out by continuing PA-RISC developmant past PA-9100. So, in effect it's like saying Apollo systems will eventually go away, but don't stop work on the Motorola 68080 just in case. Clearer? (Proud owner of a 425...)
Would you care to elaborate on your response, at least to the point that it might make sense?:-)
"That's what they said about domain OS" doesn't convey much in this context. HP's "official line" is that they're on board with IA-64, but if you talk to the people in the "back room" you get a much less confident outlook.
Even last year, HP reps at the "HP World" conference were letting it be known that they were seriously hedging on the IA-64/Itanium/whatever chip due to Intel's notoriously crummy product reliability history. HP's got PA-8900 and PA-9000 chips in the pipeline. PA-RISC is not going away soon, if ever.
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OK, maybe I wasn't too clear, so here goes again: HP's official policy is that IA-64 will eventually replace PA-RISC, but the scuttlebutt within the company is that they don't want to bet the farm on Intel and so they're leaving themselves an out by continuing PA-RISC developmant past PA-9100. So, in effect it's like saying Apollo systems will eventually go away, but don't stop work on the Motorola 68080 just in case. Clearer? (Proud owner of a 425...)
Would you care to elaborate on your response, at least to the point that it might make sense? :-)
"That's what they said about domain OS" doesn't convey much in this context. HP's "official line" is that they're on board with IA-64, but if you talk to the people in the "back room" you get a much less confident outlook.
Even last year, HP reps at the "HP World" conference were letting it be known that they were seriously hedging on the IA-64/Itanium/whatever chip due to Intel's notoriously crummy product reliability history. HP's got PA-8900 and PA-9000 chips in the pipeline. PA-RISC is not going away soon, if ever.