Ken Sletten writes:

>DIGRESSION while talking trade rags:
>On pages 61-62 of the 20 Oct ComputerWorld, it says that
>Software AG, Inc. is in the process of porting MS DCOM to
>various non-Windows platforms:  Solaris, Digital UNIX,
>HP-UX (beta end of 97), and AIX (1998).... If DCOM is going
>to be on HP-UX, I wonder how much of an effort it would be
>to get it running under MPE/iX ??..  For sites like ours that
>will never be running anything except Windows clients,
>having DCOM on the 3000 could be a nice "feature"....

Let me replay the Duane Percox broken record of Distributed Objects:

Asked at IRPOF'96:

Q: Has HP considered providing Distributed Object Technology for the
   HP 3000?
A: Our customers haven't been asking for this so we don't have any plans.

Asked at HPWorld'96:

Q: Distributed Object Technology is the future of software development.
   What is HP doing to provide this functionality on the HP 3000?
A: Our customers haven't been asking for this so we don't have any plans.

Asked at HPWorld'97:

Q: What are HP's plans for providing Distributed Object Technology on
   the HP 3000?
A: Our customers haven't been asking for this so we don't have any plans.


Let me take this opportunity to communicate with folks from HP who are
listening in on this forum:

1. Distributed Object Technology is not going away. It is becoming
   more pervasive and would be an awesome way for the 3k to interoperate
   within a heterogenous network.

2. This is like very forward thinking hardware issues. Your typical
   customer is not aware of the possibilities. Just because they don't
   ask doesn't mean they wouldn't like to have it.

3. This is a great area for tilling the soil while the developer community
   comes up to speed on the possibilities. A little education, a little
   joint discovery. A little foundation laying.

4. I challenge HP to articulate a vision for software objects on the
   HP 3000, especially distributed ones. Talk to the Java and Netscape
   porting teams about this and let them lead a little. You never know
   where this could end up. Besides, IBM has done this for the AS/400 and
   you don't want them to use that against you.

5. Don't forget that you sell a CORBA 2.0 compliant ORB for HP-UX.

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