Microsoft are withdrawing support for the Intel Itanium processor:
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Microsoft is ending its support for Intel's Itanium processor with the current version of its Windows Server OS, according to a Microsoft blog posting Friday.
"Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support the Intel Itanium architecture," Dan Reger , a Microsoft senior technical product manager, wrote on the Windows Server Division Weblog. "SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010 are also the last versions to support Itanium."
http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer...infoworld_news
EDIT:
A friend just told me that Red Hat are supposed to be doing the same?