Mark Landin writes:
 
>I just got done reading the fine article in the 3000News/Wire edited by
>Ron Seybold about HP's decision to use the HP3000 to host their Heart
>order-processing and payroll applications. Ron's editorial column indi-
>cated that this decision might help allay our concerns about HP's commit-
>ment to the future development of the 3000. If HP installed a couple
>million $ worth of 3000 equipment, that is good news indeed. But look more
>closely and see how "committed" HP sounds to this.....
 
[very good stuff snipped]
 
Just maybe this is where HP got the idea for their current co-existence
of MPE/Unix/NT strategy.
 
Here's my take from reviewing published material:
 
1. They really didn't have the time to re-architect the systems that were
   flat-file based.
 
2. It seems to me the focus on their IS migration was to "get off the
   mainframe", not necessarily "build the best application we can at this
   time".
 
3. I would not be surprised to hear of them building the next versions based
   on a Unix/NT platform.
 
I have opinions about whether #3 is good or bad. However, they are jumbled and
would be better discussed in a dialog format. This sure sounds like a good
topic to kick around while "hanging out" at HP World.
 
Besides, does anyone really think HP has it all together when it comes
to software development?
 
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