Ron Seybold writes:
>That's the problem with mentioning ANY brand of operating environment --
then you
>gotta mention them all.
<snip /> and
>Hewlett-Packard is the brand.

This goes right along nicely with the Lou/IBM vs. Carly/HP piece posted
earlier this week.  Lou never mentions the details, just the direction.
Carly is offering too much detail and does not leave any wiggle-room.  (She
needs to watch the experts the next time she's in Washington D.C. ;-) )

Duane Percox follows:
>Today I feel like an HP Apologist, so I offer some
>additional tidbits for all to chew upon:
No apology required.

<very_thoughtful_and_excellent_chew_snipped />

When I learned at HPWorld that HP rewrote the *entire* MPE/iX I/O system for
PCI, I thought to myself, "Nobody does that much work on a platform that is
going to die any time soon."  This is commitment!

The IBM comparison has turned my thinking around completely and I think
Duane proves it to me again.  Develop solutions that people want to buy and
sell these solutions - do not sell boxes or operating systems.  Superdome's
Virtual Machine capability is a step in this direction.  I just as soon not
ever hear Carly mention MPE/iX again.  Then again, I hope she never mentions
NT, 2K, Linux or UX either.  Just talk your always on, internet appliances,
e-services and digital eco systems and leave the details to those who know
what they are doing. (BTW, Am I the only one tiring of these biological
references used in our industry?  (Microsoft's Windows DNA, Digital DNA by
Motorola, HP Digital Eco-system.  Hmmm.  I wonder what I would find in an
MPE/iX STD file?)

Mark Wonsil
4M Enterprises, Inc.