Ron writes, quoting Winston Prather:

>         In the meantime, HP expects that a lively market is about to
>  emerge around migration consulting and tools for the platform. "I
>  have a feeling the third-party community will spring to life quickly
>  to develop tools to help with the migration. I think a number of the
>  partners in the ecosystem will look at this as an opportunity. This
>  could bring the ecosystem to life for the transition period."

As a card-carrying, board-certified evolutionary ecologist, let me say for
the record that the part of the "ecosystem" that will spring to life and look
at the death of the HP3000 as an opportunity are technically called
"carrion-feeders."

That's not to say that they're not a necessary part of the ecosystem. It's
just that most people rarely aspire to the role.

Wirt Atmar

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