It didn't matter at that point. Customers fled from Itanium in DROVES when Oracle made the announcement. By the time they quietly decided to keep releasing up

It didn't matter at that point. Customers fled from Itanium in DROVES when Oracle made the announcement. By the time they quietly decided to keep releasing updates, the damage was done. It was an extremely effective tactic by Oracle to get customers to move away from HP... extremely dirty, but effective.