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.
>
> There are lots of obstacles to this and it is a rather high concept, but it is possible that existing customers would pay for MPE i/X to run on nearly anybody's clone hardware--with advantages to using HP equipment, of course.
> There are many implications to this approach, but it might solve a lot of long term issues.

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.
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