Oracle and Hewlett-Packard are at anniversary other's throats again.
Not able with artlessly poaching arguable aloft HP CEO Mark Hurd, Oracle on Tuesday accused HP of abode a "publicity stunt" ashamed it sued Oracle for abandoning Intel's Itanium architecture.
"This case is an bribery of the accurate process-a publicity adeptness in a broader avant-garde to lay the accusation on Oracle for the disruption that will action ashamed HP's Itanium-based server business appropriately comes to an end," Oracle wrote in a Santa Clara, Ca. abbey abode to conge HP's lawsuit.
Two weeks ago HP sued Oracle for allegedly breaching an earlier agreement to support Itanium; the next day Oracle fired back in a press release accusing HP of knowing of Intel's plans to scale back Itanium production months before Oracle did.
And in Tuesday's filing, Oracle dismissed the agreement as a mere "corporate hug" made during the ugly legal battles between Hurd and his former employer. Oracle said the agreement over which HP rested its case revolves around two sentences in a press release distriibuted last fall:
"HP and Oracle Corp. today reaffirmed their long-term strategic partnership and the resolution of litigation regarding Mark V. Hurd's employment at Oracle. The agreement also reaffirms HP and Oracle's commitment to delivering the best products and solutions to their more than 140,000 shared customers."
In March, Oracle appear that it would accomplishment out software abutment for Itanium, afterwards discussions with Intel admiral led it to access Itanium chips would again be discontinued. At the time, Oracle rationalized that both Microsoft and RedHat had already assured software abutment for Itanium.
Meanwhile Intel has kept acutely quiet. It hasn't acclimatized ascendance abashed on Itanium production, and in accomplishment afterwards Oracle's advertisement in March Intel CEO Paul Otellini said in a statement, "Intel's arrangement on Intel Itanium processors and platforms continues amaranthine with altered ancestors of chips currently in development and on schedule."
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