Ted added:

> > The future for the 3000 is not as a computing platform to
> > rival Unix and Windows but as a component of business
> > "appliance"/"ASP"/"Turn-key" solutions.  One of the best
> > examples is HP's Open Skies operation ....

>   You're never going to set a spiffy new Win98 box next to a
> 3000 terminal and impress the non-techie boss that the 3000
> is the better box.

To a considerable degree I expect that's true...   *Unless* the
"terminal" is an off-the-shelf PC running the pending graphics-
capable new release of QCTerm.  The advantages of that
combination compared to the end-to-end complexity and
drawbacks of stateless browser interfaces to back end servers
for high-volume OLTP operations would seem to give the 3000
a competitive technical edge;  as well as a chance to "impress"
that non-techie boss...   Whether or not and to what extent that
might fly politically out there in the IT jungle is TBD...

(no <plug>;  I have zero financial interest in QCTerm)....

Ken Sletten