Isn't this the price we pay for the reliability and RC support of MPE? Testing
and support preparation take time. Obviously, with 32bit ODBC and HP missing
the call on Win95 preparation in general, I would hope they can "fast track"
the release. The idea of putting it out as an open Beta sounds attractive to
me.
 
Richard,
 
Software development cycles have been reduced dramatically.  Companies who
can't move fast, don't succeed.  The nimble and fast to respond to market demands
are the ones that do.
 
Look at M.B. Foster.  Small company, finds the niches or listens to their customers
needs, and responds accordingly.  Why is Birket successful?  He responds - and
he does it fast.
 
This is not to say that HP is not successful - they are.  The MPE team has been
turning out software faster today, than they have previously and we have benefitted
greatly for it.  This never filtered to PC software though.  The examples shown in
one of my previous posts are perfect examples.  I don't pay support for software
which is two and three versions old - which is why we don't use it (or what's left).
I don't want to see that with the OEM version of ODBC/Link.  It's solid and it
works.  Whatever Birket's people forward to HP, I'm confident that it will be
good work.
 
Now, stepping down from my soapbox and off to read the 40 other unread
messages in my inbox.  (There must have been something wrong with 3000-L,
the floodgates must have opened <g>)
 
Cheers,
Joe Geiser