I gave Birket an opening for the pitch:
[....SNIP....] ;-)
> We thank all the customers who have taught us what they really
> needed and would pay for - they are the designers for the product
> functionality - if a function is worth something, organizations will
> pay for it.
I'm actually not quite sure right now if Birket took my post the
wrong way or not; and I've *got* to get away from email and do
some real work; but just for the record:
I did NOT mean to imply that I was or am in any way upset with
M.B. Foster for not including more "free functionality" in the HP -
bundled ODBCLink/SE. Birket & Co. are in no way legally,
ethically, or morally obligated to give away the products in which
they have invested much time and effort. HP & M.B. Foster made
the deal they made on what was going to be bundled and that is
done. Additional deals in the private sector between two corporate
entities are always possible; however: I will only add (again) what
HP has repeatedly stated: They are NOT going to bundle ODBC
direct to TurboIMAGE because that functionality is and has been
available for some time now from multiple third-party vendors; i.e.:
M.B. Foster and Minisoft. HP is going to concentrate on porting
MPE and TurboIMAGE to IA-64....
NOW: back to real work..
Ken Sletten