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by mrweasel 1779 days ago
Just have the Itanium servers as something you can order, but not actually build the unless a costumer actually places an order.

In reality Oracle is off the hook given that Intel is stopping Itanium production.

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Can't HPE stock a bunch of Itanium systems in some warehouse, just to be able to claim they are still selling them? Doesn't matter that Intel isn't producing chips anymore?
Wikipedia says that HP stopped accepting orders for Itanium systems on dec. 31 2020.
Oh well, scratch that evil mastermind plan then. ;)
Don't worry, HP sells more than enough inkjet cartridges to keep their evil mastermind dreams alive

(I know that's not HPE's business, but whatever)

H & P are turning over in their graves.
Probably not