Re:
> I think this is going to upset a few of you:

Because it's self-contradictory in spots? :)

> Anyway, as a manager I got to look at Linux, Java and other open source
> stuff and compared it with MS offerings.  After a lot of frustration I
> started to realise that this is the only way to go (Open systems).  The
...
> I know the HP has now Opened up slightly with the latest 'ports' of
> Sendmail, Java, Samba, etc which has given it a new lease of life, but the
> writing was on the wall for some time, at some point MPE was going to
> retire.

like in the above two :)

> With an HP3000 you need to find specialist staff, you need to purchase
> expensive propriety software

Sort of like for NT, Sun, or Solaris?


> The future, I suspect will be Linux and NT, eventually just Linux (or

Uh, I hope you realize that NT is in *no way* "open"?!?!?


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