Ok, I've understood the message, and somehow it implies that this is one of those rare situations where I should feel for and feel alike Micro$oft - but I can't, really. ZP.
2010/4/4, Janne Blomqvist <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 01:17:01PM +0100, Zoran Popovi? wrote: >> 2010/1/18 John Haxby <[email protected]> >> > MS seem to be backing away from Itanium a little; not all flavours of >> > Win2k8 are available on Itanium and if you wanted to run virtualised >> > desktops on, say, Windows 7. >> >> > Back in 2004 (http://tinyurl.com/ycbaf9k) microsoft were talking about >> > removing support for itanium 2, I don't know if that's still the case >> > (or >> > even relevant) but anyway, the RHEL decision is most likely about the >> > demand >> > they're seeing: next to none and certainly not enough to justify the >> > costs. >> > >> > >> You have Enterprise Edition, Data Center Edition and wider AFAIK for >> Windows >> Server 2008, so I don't see this is a sign of backing off. >> I understand that business reasons are sufficient reality and I can even >> understand that I am a justified collateral damage in that story, but I am >> merely trying to find out if there are really no options left ... I would >> imagine other vendors would offer me migration roadmap like HP does for >> Alphas, or SAP for their BI and strategic management reporting, where >> customer always gets investment protection (even in special cases, at >> least >> I had that experience with backup solution when we had to migrate from EMC >> Legato bought from Hp to HP Data Protector) being informed years ahead >> what >> exact option he has. >> >> Of course, I don't expect RH to redeem my hardware, but I would expect >> some >> level of alignment with other vendors (Intel, HP, Micro$oft, SAP) involved >> with Itanium, and I really don't understand how it is possible that Red >> Hat >> wouldn't event try to compete with HP-UX on Itanium when it is the only >> good >> alternative ? Please, note that I am not being hostile towards RH, on the >> contrary - I with all the heart with Red Hat as the leader of linux >> community in business and commercial domain (and as so, important in other >> domains), ever since first installations about eight years ago. I repeat, >> I >> am trying to hear some options, and willing to express strong disagreement >> in a constructive manner if I can achieve something ... I knew all the >> pros >> and cons with EPIC and RISC many years ago, and I am not blaming one with >> Alpha/VAX when deciding to move to Itanium, but if that one decides to >> move >> to Windows instead of HP-UX then it is a serious risk - now I am the one >> to >> pay somebody's decision. I was hoping I could rectify situation with RHEL, >> but it became very hard for me with this Itanium desupport ... are there >> any >> similar stories out there or should I just additionally shoot myself (into >> the foot) ? > > Well, seems you don't need to worry about Microsoft gaining markeshare > on Itanium at Linux's expense any more: > > http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2010/04/02/windows-server-2008-r2-to-phase-out-itanium.aspx > > > -- > Janne Blomqvist > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
