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, Randy Keefer <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I was just wondering what your opinion of the future of the HP3000 series.
>I have been on it since 1977 and truly love the system. I have seen it
>decline in the 90s as it was replaced by "better" systems (mostly
>client-server). In the past year, I have seen 4 companies reverse direction
>after discovering that client-server is slow, unreliable, and high-cost to
>maintain. Amisys is the latest. They have dumped there non-HP version due
>to lack of interest from customers. I just wanted to hear other people's
>feeling for the future.
>
There is a wise old saw that says "Kissin' don't last. Cookin' do".
In a world where the 'pretty' OSes kiss, and not too much more, the
HPe3000 just cooks and cooks and cooks.
Even better news is the cook is getting a makeover.......
--
Roy Brown 'Have nothing on your systems that you do not know to be
Affirm Ltd useful, or believe to be beautiful'. (After) Wm Morris.
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