dsilva wrote:
>
>       I still insist on spending your scarce budget dollars on enhancing a
variety
> of skills instead of staying limited to the mpeix operating system.  More
often
> than not projects require a mix bag of tools and operating systems to make
them
> a reality.
>
>       Winston Prather spoke.  Let's see what happens.
>
>       Wirt, nice advertisement I must admit.  I can't equate the HP3000 to
a
> "Database engine".  Are you referring to "Image"?  I know that there is
not one
> without the other but I think that the word Image would be well placed
there.
> One  question. Is anybody contributing money out of their own pocket, that
is not
> a business deduction?  :)


I am. My money may not be completely untainted - it does after all come from
my paycheck, which I get for the work I do on HP3000's (among other
platforms) - but it is MY money, not part of some company's ad budget.