The iceberg that sunk the Itanic was the HP-Oracle-Intel deal.
HP was the only one who could sell them and Oracle put restrictions on how they could be used.
Wheb you have an ultra niche product that also happens to require a lot of ground work which is utterly incompatible with everything else on the market you aren’t likely to succeed.
If anything given the handicap that Itanium was playing with it can be considered an astonishing success.
Huh? Itaniums weren't available just from HP. At some point, basically everyone sold them, although HP is probably the only one left still selling systems based on it (Integrity/Superdome).
HP was the only one who could sell them and Oracle put restrictions on how they could be used.
Wheb you have an ultra niche product that also happens to require a lot of ground work which is utterly incompatible with everything else on the market you aren’t likely to succeed.
If anything given the handicap that Itanium was playing with it can be considered an astonishing success.