>What would happen if HP "opened" up MPE/?? and let go their copyrights much
>like Unix has been over the last 25 or so years?
>

Mark Landin Answered:

The most significant effect would be that your next IMAGE/SQL version would be
hacked together by a collection of anti-social strung-out Berkeley grad
students over the course of 3 days.

Is that really the software you want?

(apologies to any strung-out Berkeley grads that might be on the list or
reading the newsgroup....)

My reply:

Well at least Turbo/Image would get worked on instead of forgotton or put off!

(Ba-da-boom!)  :)