Ken,
    To co-ordinate all our efforts to inform HP of our desire for an
emulator, we should perhaps post(perhaps at OpenMPE), email addresses of
those that would carry the most clout. That way our message can be a little
more concentrated to those that are the decision makers.

                           Eric Sand
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sletten Kenneth W KPWA [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:01 PM
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> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] MPE emulator
>
> Gavin responded after Wyell wondered:
>
> >> PDP machines and VAX machines have an emulator out there
> >> that runs on Windows 2000.  This seems like a great idea
> >> for MPE !  How come there is not more excitement about
> >> this ?
> >
> > There's plenty of excitement about this idea.  It's just
> > that since HP owns MPE, they get to decide if/when/how such
> > a thing becomes possible.  I suspect we'll be hearing more
> > about this sort of thing in the not-so-distant future.
>
> Not only is there plenty of excitement about possibilities
> for an MPE emulator, IMO it is the single "most exciting"
> (and most realistic) possibility for allowing MPE and
> Image/SQL to continue to live an active and productive life
> at some level after the October 2003 "end of HP sales" and
> 2006 "end of HP support".  Being able to run MPE on IA even
> in emulated mode would open up a lot of new possibilities...
> Which by itself does not guarantee success in the long run,
> but at least the opportunity would not be precluded.
>
> To maximize the chances that HP will facilitate or at least
> allow an emulator to be produced by a third-party, I encourage
> all members on this list who would like to see that happen to
> not pass up opportunities when dealing with HP to lobby hard
> for that outcome.  HP is touting how they want to be their
> customer's "trusted partner";  allowing an MPE emulator to be
> produced and run by end users would IMO be one of the best
> things they could do to back up those words with action...
>
> Ken Sletten
>
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