Jeff,

Some military writers at least warn against a casual use of the
"strategy" or "strategic", in part because of the fuzzy line between
strategic, tactical, and operational.    So for instance, good
military tactical doctrine becomes a "strategic asset".

If MPE/iX is not "strategic" then what does it mean for it to be a
"tactical" OS?

"Jeff Woods" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> At  05:20 PM 8/12/00, Cortlandt Wilson wrote:
> > > Linux joins HP's own Unix operating system and
> > > Microsoft's Windows 2000
> > > as the company's third strategic operating system.
> >
> >Which means that MPE/iX is a "non-strategic" OS.     I don't know
> >about others but I find the "non-strategic" label ominous -
especially
> >when HP doesn't explain what it means by "strategic".
> >
> >IMO to assume that others will have your understanding of the word
> >"strategic" evidences a poor grasp of English.
>
> I disagree.  The words "strategic" and "strategy" share the same
root.  It
> seems pretty clear to me.  Perhaps that's because I spent so many
hours in
> my youth playing games of strategy and tactics from companies like
Avalon
> Hill.  I've learned that I generally enjoy games that are more about
> strategy (the big picture) than tactics (all the details of getting
> there).  Tactics are how one fights a battle.  Strategy is how one
wins the
> war.
>
> I think that means that HP's upper management (but thankfully not
the great
> folks in CSY) sees Linux, HP-UX and Windows (whatever the flavor du
jour
> is) as important to "winning" the computer war.  At best I suppose
that
> relegates MPE to being a pawn to be spent in furthering the
important
> strategies.  At worst it implies that MPE is considered
> irrelevant.  Neither are very comforting thoughts.
>
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