Вслед за Redhat, MS отказывается от развития Итаника.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/05/microsoft_pulls_plug_itanium/
The software giant said Monday that Windows Server 2008 R2 and the forthcoming SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010 would be the last versions of these server and tools products to run on Intel's giant chip architecture.