Oracle Says HP Is Abusing the Judicial Process

In the latest episode of the dispute caused by Oracle dropping the Itanium platform, the lawsuit started by HP has earned the name of “abuse,” not that it has a chance to stop the legal proceedings any time soon.

Some time ago, a fairly heated dispute awoke on the enterprise IT segment when Oracle decided to stop supporting the Intel Itanium server platform, meaning that it will no longer make new software for versions of IA64-based servers.

Needless to say, HP and those customers that had Itanium servers were not pleased with the move, even though Oracle did way it would keep supporting those servers it already built.

Either way, tight remarks flew from one side to the other, until HP decided to take things to court. Oracle reacted as one would expect.

"Intel has wanted to discontinue Itanium production for years, and HP knows it. The performance advantage over Intel’s x86-based microprocessors that once justified Itanium is today effectively gone. But the end of Itanium is a business disaster for HP, which generates a large percentage of its overall profit from Itanium support agreements," said Oracle.

“So rather than telling its customers the truth about Intel’s plans for phasing out the Itanium platform, and helping those customers transition to Intel Xeon systems or other alternatives, HP perpetuates the myth that there is a long 10-year roadmap for Itanium development.”

Intel, like HP, previously said that it is going to keep making new Itanium chips for ten years, like HP did, but Oracle continues to declare that such plans are not in effect, rumors to this effect notwithstanding.

"So rather than telling its customers the truth about Intel’s plans for phasing out the Itanium platform, and helping those customers transition to Intel Xeon systems or other alternatives, HP perpetuates the myth that there is a long 10-year roadmap for Itanium development," indicates the Oracle's statement.

All in all, Oracle sees the lawsuit as an “abuse of the judicial process” and doesn't look poised to chance its mind.