Denys Beauchemin wrote:
> One of the main reasons MPE is so stable is that it doesn't do much and it
runs
> on only one box made by the same company as the OS.

This is true however the same can be said for the AS/400. The point is that
IBM has marketed the AS/400 as a first line solution and the consuming
public has accepted it as such. There are hundreds of software solutions
ready to run on the AS/400. By contrast the HP e3000 has not been and is not
being marketed as a first line solution. The consuming public, outside of
current users, knows little or nothing about the 3000. There are only a
handful of software solutions available to run on the 3000 and most of those
have their origins in the 70s or 80s.

So while the above statement is true it does not answer the question of why
no aggressive marketing of the 3000.

Joseph Rosenblatt