I'm totally on board.  I was born and raised on MPE.  The 15 years reference was to 5.5 specifically.





-----Original Message-----

From: Robert Mills <[log in to unmask]>

To: Marti Jarsey; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>

Sent: Tue Apr 10 07:50:15 2007

Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] FTP Hangs to Europe



Marti,



MPE is actually 33 years old and is one of the most stable OS's around.



I suppose that they are quite happy using Unix (a 35 year old OS that is

best configured as one-application-per-box) OR Windows (a 22 year old OS

that falls over every time you breath or look at it)?





regards, 

  

Robert W.Mills 

Systems Development Manager 

Pinnacle Arvato 

(020) 8309 3604 





-----Original Message-----

From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On

Behalf Of Marti Jarsey

Sent: 10 April 2007 15:15

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] FTP Hangs to Europe



One cause that we can clearly point to is that 5.5 does not support

passive mode FTP and the new MPLS installed in Italy either does not

support or was not configured to support active mode FTP.  Sounds like

an easy enough configuration change.  But, other than security

administration, this particular network team is pretty hands off.

Apparently, they outsource the equipment installs to an outside

provider.  And they are quite happy pointing the finger at an OS that is

15 (+/-) years old.



As Lars pointed out, this only addresses FTP and not TELNET or VT-MGR.

These issues are most likely firewall related as the new company in

Italy employs a very conservative security scheme.  



It's likely that we'll need to upgrade, if only to remove a reason for

the network people to stop trying to fix the network.



BTW, Jack at Abtech was kind enough to test out the FTP update w/o OS

upgrage in his lab.  He reports that MPE was not happy.  Of course, he

could be throwing the test just to get an Italy trip.  ** just kiddin'

Jack **



Cheers 



-----Original Message-----

From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On

Behalf Of Johnson, Tracy

Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:00 AM

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: [HP3000-L] FTP Hangs to Europe



Oddly enough we are also experiencing FTP hangs to our Europe sites on

L*x or Win boxes.



Although unlike our 5.5 friend, we are on 7.5.



Tracy Johnson

Measurement Specialties, Inc. 



BT















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