Not a plug!!

It should also be noted that a large and diverse library of applications
exists (or at least did exist) for the HP3K platform. New tools, new
technologies, and new methods can often be applied to these "legacy"
applications if only there is the will to do so.

In many cases the justification for moving from the HP3K involves the
perceived liabilities of "legacy applications", expressed most often
through user complaints regarding the "old look and feel"  or user
frustration with "non-integration" of common (especially reporting)
desktop tools. In other cases, the justification has more to do with
real or perceived benefits often associated with our industy's
"buzzwords" (such as "Open", "Web Enabled", etc.). If the owners of the
applications invest in revitalizing their products, and if HP
aggressively positions the HP3K as a modern, open, vibrant, successful
platform for the future, well then anything might just be possible.

One additional note: Application providers should be out selling their
apps to existing and new users in the user's forum, not just hiding in
the safety of HPWorld and the like. HP's positioning of the HP3K should
be targeted at the corporate board room, similarly to IBM's efforts to
position the AS400 as an ideal webserver (you know, the ads on ESPN,
Delta Airlines, etc).  It should not be "laser focused marketing to HP3K
champions. The pulpit and the choir should be singing to the
congregation and drawing in those passing by, not just singing to one
another other.

Just my 2 cents.

Paul F. Dorius
eXegeSys Inc.

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Nick Demos [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Wednesday, April 29, 1998 3:24 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        The Future if the 3000

        I want to revive an old thread.

        A few weeks ago it was agreed that new applications is what
would keep
         the 3000 a desirable system well into the future.    The
availability of
         the 918DX to developers at a reduced price was mentioned as
well as HP
         support and marketing of the platfform.

        All well and good as far as it goes, but I think more is
required.  The
        conversion of a Unix application should be almost a no-brainer!
"Plug
         and Play.  Now I know that this ideal is not quite possible,
but the
         following would certainly help:

        1.  A miration to the 3000 guide for Unix applications.
        2.  Conversion aids.
        3.  A more adept Posix implementaton (get rid of the wall).

        Then when a developer of a Unix applicaton is asked whether it
will run
         on a 3000, his answer will be "sure, why not".  If he says it
has never
         been tried, then the prospect should be able to go to HP for
migration
         assistance or do it himself, with the proper tools from HP.

        Food for thought (are you listening, HP).

        Regards to all true blue 3000 friends.

        Nick Demos  [log in to unmask]

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