Before I jump up on my soapbox (and possibly fall off), I
want to make sure I ve got my facts straight.  I am not
very knowledgeable about DCE (Distributed Computing
Environment) so it may be just ignorance on my part (no
jokes, please), but we need it on our HP 3000 to run a
special product from Speedware.
 
I found out from HP Response Center that DCE/3000 is a
separate product (not part of FOS) and available for MPE/iX
5.0.  I don t have a product number or price (we have a
987/100 so if the price is tier based we re in trouble).  I
understand that DCE/9000 Executive is included with HP-UX
10.0.  To quote the HP literature:  All licenses of HP-UX
version 10 include TCP/IP, ARPA Services, NFS, NCS,
DCE/9000 Executive, XTI over TCP/IP, and STREAMS/9000 .
 
You can probably see where I m going with this.  In my mind
this is similar to getting ARPA Services to be included in
MPE/iX.  If I remember correctly, one of the arguments
given to HP to include ARPA Services in MPE/iX was because
it was included in HP-UX.
 
Let me know if my take on DCE/3000 is correct.  If I do
jump up on my soapbox, I would advocate having MPE/iX
include any software that is included in HP-UX that makes
the HP-UX an  open  system.
 
 
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