As one of the "guilty parties" in the Proposition 3000/ComputerWorld arena,
I'd like to point out one thing everyone (including, unfortunately, the CW
article) seems to be missing.  The existing customer base is quite content
and loyal to their platform, and if anything, we would like to point out
the positive aspects of the 3000.  My emphasis all along has been that the
3000 could, with some encouragement and effort, be a competitor in the Un*x
marketplace is the Posix interfaces and/or contributed (BSD, Gnu, Perl,
Python, etc) sources are expanded.
 
My closing point to the CW interview was what message I was trying to send
to HP.  My answer, after some thought, was to join the rank and file
customer base in acknowledging the benefits of the platform.  This never
made the article.
 
We don't need miracles and perhaps not even a drastic risk on 3000 R&D; but
we certainly don't need a corporate message that the platform is dead.  The
CW article would have been more positive closing on that note rather than
sounding so negative.  Positive input like the Aberdeen report helps; the
3000-to-9000 conversion kits and migration strategies don't.
 
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>