OK, a bit tired on a Monday morning, and so a bit sarcastic. I’ve not really fallen off my chair, but I am shocked. I honestly didn’t think it would happen. Oracle have finally released OBI 11g for HP-UX Itanium: In other news, patchset 10.1.3.4.2 for OBI 10g was released today, I wonder if/when we’ll get an HP-UX Itanium version? The download page has it conspicuous by its absence even from “Coming Soon”:

Chris Mellor at The Register posted an interesting article a couple of days ago, entitled HP and Violin build Oracle Exadata killer. The slidedeck has been removed from HP’s FTP site, but a bit of Google magic throws up a couple of mirror copies. It’s an entertaining read (“Do a Proof of Concept! 94% win rate!! We can and do win against Exadata!!”), and a nice illustration of the FUD techniques that companies use in marketing their products against others.