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New submitter another random user writes "Oracle violated its contract with Hewlett-Packard (HP) after it decided that future versions of its database software would not support a line of HP servers, HP's lawyer has said in court."The issue at hand: Oracle agreed to support Itanium, and has since pulled support. "... Hewlett-Packard estimates it should be awarded more than $4 billion in damages, based on an extrapolation to 2020 that accounts for projected losses, said the person, who didn&rsquo;t want to be identified because the court document containing the damages request is confidential." Oracle is using the Itanic defense: "In cross-examination today, Oracle attorney Dan Wall asked Livermore [HP board member] if she had heard Itanium called 'Itanic,' a reference to the 'Titanic' oceanliner sinking. 'I've heard lots of terms,' Livermore said. 'I understand the reference they are making and I don&rsquo;t like it. It is not done by anyone I like or respect.'"http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=More+Court+Trouble+For+Oracle%3A+Now+H P+Is+Suing+Them%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FLaT9Mo)ht tp://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org% 2Fstory%2F12%2F06%2F06%2F1653229%2Fmore-court-trouble-for-oracle-now-hp-is-suing-them%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebo ok)http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/06/06/1653229/more-court-trouble-for-oracle-now-hp-is-suing-them?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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