The latest Linux kernel will no longer include support for Intel/HP’s
Itanium processors
<https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/01/linux_pulls_itanium_support/>.
Of course, prior Linux kernels up to 5.10 from December presumably still
include such support, while the last version of HP’s own HP-UX 11i for
its Itanium-based Integrity servers was v3 from 2007
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX#Release_history>. The last working
version of Microsoft’s Windows Server for that platform, 2008 R2, came
out just a couple of years later, and already dropped some features
compared to editions for other platforms
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2#Editions>.
Intel officially claims to be shipping new Itanium processors
up to July this year, but it seems pretty clear the order book is empty.
So it looks like the last OS still standing for that platform will be
Linux.
'Google has threatened to disable its search engine in Australia if
it's forced to pay local publishers for news, a dramatic escalation of
a months-long standoff with the government. From a report:
The proposed law, intended to compensate publishers for the value
their stories generate for the company, is "unworkable," Mel Silva,
managing director for Australia and New Zealand, told a parliamentary
hearing Friday. She specifically opposed the requirement that Google
pay media companies for displaying snippets of articles in search
results.
The threat is Google's most potent yet as the digital giant tries to
stem a flow of regulatory action worldwide. At least 94% of online
searches in Australia go through the Alphabet unit, according to the
local competition regulator. "We don't respond to threats," Australia
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday. "Australia makes our rules
for things you can do in Australia. That's done in our parliament.
It's done by our government. And that's how things work here in
Australia."'
-- source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/01/22/0339236
However, in related news:
"Google Agrees To Pay French News Sites To Send Them Traffic"
-- source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/01/21/2316209
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 577-5304
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
