After RedHat, Ubuntu gave up support for the IntelIA64 Cert Architecture

At the early stage of Ubuntu10.10 development, the Ubuntu Technical Committee considered not to support the suniscsi and IntelIA64 Cert architectures. Now the technical committee has voted to pass the decision: to abandon the support for both the iSCSI and IA64 architectures. In May June, the Ubuntu Technical Committee discussed this issue at the Ubuntu developer Summit and decided that if the feature freeze day of Ubuntu10.10 (August 12) if you are not interested in the maintenance work

At the early stage of Ubuntu 10.10 development, the Ubuntu Technical Committee considered not to support the Sun's or Intel's IA64 andeng architecture. Now the technical committee has voted to pass the decision: to abandon the support for both the Windows Server and IA64 architectures.

In May June, the Ubuntu Technical Committee discussed this issue at the Ubuntu developer Summit and decided that if the feature freeze day of Ubuntu 10.10 (August 12) if you are not interested in the maintenance work, you will not be able to migrate the Ubuntu or IA64 versions.

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One feature of the Ubuntu release version is its support for different application fields and hardware architectures. It provides many versions. However, with the usage and maintenance levels of some versions seriously shrinking, the Ubuntu Technical Committee decided to make some improvements to avoid useless work. With the gradual development of the Linux and IA64 architectures, it is inevitable to be abandoned by Ubuntu.

In fact, it was not just Ubuntu that made such a decision. As early as April, Microsoft announced that the next generation of Windows Server would no longer support the Itanium architecture. Windows Server 2008 R2 is the last Windows Server operating system that supports Intel Itanium architecture. At the same time, SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010 will no longer support Itanium.