Jon Cohen <[log in to unmask]> said:
 
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>Creating a single-user desktop HP3000, possibly leveraging off of the
>700 hardware, might be the technical equivilant of attempting to put
>10 pounds of sugar into a 5 pound stack.  MPE was designed to be a
>multi-user on-line transaction box, and many of the low level design
>decisions make it difficult to shrink MPE down to size.  We have always
>had problems trying to make MPE use less memory and less disk space.
>I've worked here in the lab since MPE III on the classic systems, and
>we always looked for ways to reduce FOS (for example), but we rarely
>were successful.  Without an investigation, I would guess that trying
>to put MPE into a 700-like platform would require our entire engineering
>bandwidth for a significant period of time.  (I speak from experience --
>I was involved with both the old classic "Mighty Mouse" platforms and
>the MPE/iX "Nova" (9x7) platforms -- coming out with smaller systems is
>often more effort than coming out with bigger systems).
>
>I ain't saying that we aren't willing to consider this -- I'm just saying
>that it is not as easy or simple as you might think.
>
>Sure -- bring it up at IPROF.  This sounds like it is very important to
>you, and we would like to hear your feelings about it.  But when you do,
>it would help me (us) to understand the RELATIVE importance of this
>particular request versus all the other requests.  Let's start thinking
>about doing the old $100 test -- how much would you wish to spend on
>this particular item compared to the other enhancements that we should
>discuss at IPROF?  Also remember, that some of us (me) here at HP think
>that this would be a very expensive item to produce.
>
>Jon Cohen
>HP Commercial Systems Division
 
This is a VERY SENSIBLE comment.  Good-old "cost-versus-benefit analysis,"
"short-term versus long-term risks," "opportunities taken versus
opportunities blown away," "nothing risked, nothing gained," "no guts, no
glory," etc.  This is a language that everyone understands.
 
This is the language of IPROF.
 
 
 
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