Thus it was written in the epistle of Gavin Scott,
>
> So to promote the growth of MPE, we need to stop talking about what a great
> *operating system* it is and start talking about what a great *solution* it
> can be.
>
> No one will buy MPE/iX the operating system, but they might very well buy
> (and in fact have been buying) Smith-Gardner catalog e-commerce systems,
> Amisys health systems, Summit credit union systems, etc.
>
> The future for the 3000 is not as a computing platform to rival Unix and
> Windows but as a component of business "appliance"/"ASP"/"Turn-key"
> solutions.  One of the best examples is HP's Open Skies operation where
> their customers barely even know what computer system the application is
> running on.

Gavin,
  I hope that HP and 3000-L are listening to what you just said.  Perhaps
others have been saying this all along and I've just missed it, but I think
that you've said what needs to be said.
  You're never going to set a spiffy new Win98 box next to a 3000 terminal and
impress the non-techie boss that the 3000 is the better box.  Particularly when
that boss thinks of how many Win98 boxes could be gotten for the price of one
3000.
  But if you can take that Win98 box and pull up Nordstroms' website and say,
"that's a 3000", you're likely to get some attention.  And I think that it is
in that context that Smith-Gardner would really like HP corporate to mention
the 3000.

Thanks!
Ted
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