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Subject:	Re: HP LETS GO OF LEGATO ON HP E3000
From:	Doug Becker <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Doug Becker <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:23:14 -0800
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Goetz Neumann wrote:
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E.g. If your company buys an XP 512, which hosts storage for multiple
platforms, how would we be able to determine the e3000 part of it ?
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If I understand this statement clearly, the e3000 will run on an XP 512?
I did not believe that MPE i/X will run on a machine hosted by another system, though this may be coming.

I have Vmware, available from http://www.vmware.com/
I can load up, let's say, LINUX, run Vmware, and load up other operating systems, such as Windows 2000 Professional, NT, Windows 98, etc, and switch between windows as if each OS were just another window. It would be nifty to do that with MPE.

MPE i/X is moving in the direction of being supported on very PC like servers with PCI cards, etc--RISC boxes though they be.
If we were to take this to another level, it would not be beyond imagination to have MPE i/X run on an XP 512, N and A class RISC machines along with Windows, HPUX and LINUX.

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.

It would certainly help sell more HP Printers, and more importantly, ink and toner cartidges which are so very profitable.
[Think about printing off all the MPE documentation! Paper companies, take note!]

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