Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Doug Becker wrote:
>>  At this point, if it were the case that MPE i/X was "winding
>>down", it could be given new life by being packaged as an
>>application server, much like ColdFusion.
>>  Nicely priced and shrink wrapped, MPE could then be sold at
>>computer stores everywhere as just something else that runs on
>>LINUX, UNIX or Windows.
>>  The decrease in price would be nicely off-set by the number of
>>copies sold to consumers.
>  > Who is to say that as a hosted server, MPE might not become a
>staple of Business who wants fast, cheap, and good in a supported
>package.

>Speaking only for myself and not HP, I personally would love to be able to go
>into Fry's someday in the future, buy a cheap IA64 clone, and then install MPE
>on it.


And for those of us up in the mountains (i.e., without Fry's), it would be
great to be able to order (via the web) a cheap IA64 clone (or, if it
pleases HP, an original HP machine) and install MPE on it.  In fact, I would
buy SEVERAL such machines (and several copies of MPE to go with them, of
course).  My lower back (also my upper back) would be thankful because I
have been carrying a 918 for years inside a Samsonite suitcase while
on trips to Europe.  The "A" class is a good improvement, but I look forward
to a laptop-sized machine that can run MPE.

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