At 3:01 PM -0700 9/25/00, Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'm talking with Jon Backus of the Tech Group University about teaching a
>two day "Introduction to Java Applications on MPE" class at their campus in
>Maryland sometime in November that will probably use Enhydra as an example.
>
...

>The students will leave with this complete application that they can take
>home and run on their own 3000s as a learning tool and something they can
>evolve into a real application for their organization.
>
>The prerequisites are simply a familiarity with developing software on MPE
>(in any language) and a desire to learn new things.  Specifically we want
>this class to provide a "bootstrapping" mechanism for traditional HP-3000
>customers (and people) who are interested in things like Java/Enhydra but
>don't have any idea how to get started.
>
>Of course I'm very interested in comments as to whether this is something
>people think would be valuable, and if it is something you might personally
>be interested in attending.

This would be valuable, and many people would be interested in attending.
Unfortunately, traveling to Maryland is a prerequisite that relatively
few will be able to provide.

So, THE question arises:  In addition to the physical course at Jon's
Tech Group University, would you consider preparing another (multimedia?)
version for sale?  Fill in the blanks with your favorite flavors of "media"
and please let us know.

BTW:  I believe that the name "Enhydra" is VERY nice (and it doesn't end
       with "ent" or "tra" :-)

Thanks, Gavin and Jon, for all the work involved in this kind of enterprise.

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