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> From: Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Actually not.  MPE is not meant to be a PC operating system, nor could it
> even hold a candle to Windows or MacOS when it comes to doing Personal
> Computing tasks.  I just do not see running a flight simulator or MS
Office
> on MPE.
>
> By the same token, I do not see how a PC or Windows NT is able to do MPE
> tasks, such as heads-down, hard-core OLTP.
>
> This is the reason why I wanted a portable MPE system, not to replace my
> Windows 95/NT Server notebook, but rather complement it.
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I am still confused as to what thr group wants on a small HP 3000:

1. I can  see its use as a development machine for a consultant.
    A PC look alike as I previously described would work here - I am not
     trying to push our product here (we really don"t have one), but to
show
     that this could be a viable approach.
2.  Denys mentions "heads down, hard core OLTP".  On a portable small
      system??  IMHO, this type of application would be rare.

I am not saying that HP should not have a lower cost 3000, just that there
may
be a way of achieving the same ends in a way that HP might buy off on.  A
PC with all its capabilities PLUS the ability to develop 3000 software on
it
would be a pretty powerful system.  It wouldnot be perfect, but viable at a
reasonable cost.

Nick Demos  [log in to unmask]
Performance Software Group