Gavin after Jim:

> > It would lend more strength to the e3000 if HP gave some
> > very serious incentives to large software application
> > companies.
>
> The old maxim that "Money can't buy Friends" turns out to be
> quite applicable to this situation.  There are lots of people who
> will be more than willing to take your money to execute a half-
> hearted port to your platform, but getting them to actually
> commit to sell, support, and maintain the package once the
> port is done seems to be impossible (based on past
> experience).

While I expect Jim's heart is in the right place, I respectfully
have to say Gavin is clearly right on this one:  One word:
ORACLE:  HP paid what was rumored to be a huge amount of
$$ to get oracle to port to the 3000.  Official oracle support on
the 3K turns into a pumpkin at the end of CY2000...

If you have to pay somebody big-time dollars to port to your
platform, then whatever they're selling, you probably don't want
it.....

Ken Sletten