Re: Bye bye Itanium and HP-UX?

From: Tim Hall <tim_at_oracle-base.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:28:28 +0000
Message-ID: <AANLkTimNWw=QHOahUEVvnyDZZvnO_JJJXXjqW5nEO9mo_at_mail.gmail.com>

Having lived through the end-of-life of Oracle on Tru64, my suggestion would be, "Don't walk, run from Itanium".

If it pans out the same way as Alpha, patches will take ages to be released (if ever) and support won't have any kit to test your issues on. Despite Oracle's commitment to support existing customers, it will quickly become an usable platform for all but the most stable Oracle installations.

I waited 15 months for one patch to be released, then left the company. I'm not sure if the fix was ever released.

I kept getting emails from managers asking why security patches hadn't been applied. The problem was the patches were dependent on patchsets that were over 1 year late.

Call me skeptical, but I would start planning your hardware move as soon as possible.

Cheers

Tim...

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Thomas Roach <troach_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> It's very expensive to port to platforms. If they don't believe their will
> be a big market on a specific platform then it becomes a risky (expensive)
> investment with a lower chance of return on that investment.
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Kevin Lidh <kevin.lidh_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It'll be interesting to watch this play out.
>> http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/110323c.html?mtxs=rss-corp-news
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:08 PM, LS Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/346696
>>>
>>> Will HP-UX run on x86?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> --
>>> LSC
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Roach
> 813-404-6066
> troach_at_gmail.com
>

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