[geeks] HP dumps HP-UX on Itanium (from slashdot)

Peter L. Wargo geeks at sunhelp.org
Fri Sep 28 21:43:08 CDT 2001


On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> 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.

Hmmm... Could mean that they are:
A) Going to go with True64 on IA64.
B) Realizing that IA64 will truly SUCK, and are focusing on PA-RISC.
C) Just fucking clueless.

I vote C, as HP gets my "we have no set direction" award.  What ever
happened to Superdome, anyhow?

-Pete





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