Fellow listers... here's another chapter of the same old verse.  The headlines in "BackWeb Technology" read as follows...

     "HP Gives Linux a Boost"

Paragraph 2 of the article reads as follows:

    "The company said its decision was spurred by consumers requesting
     Linux as an option to its Unix operating system and Microsoft 
    Windows 2000, the other two operating systems HP (stock: HP) offers."

This time the article was written by Tischelle George (of Information Week) - and, yes, a separate message has been sent regarding the fallacy of this statement.  Unfortunately, this time the quote is simply to "the company".  I wonder who is the guilty party this time?

You can find the "article" (as short as it is) at:  http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000811S0019 or at: http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20000811S0003


My reply to Information Week was as follows:

The article states:  "The company said its decision was spurred by consumers requesting Linux as an option to its Unix operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000, the other two operating systems HP (stock: HP) offers".  

I would like to know the source at "the company".  The article is incorrect because HP markets not 3, but 4 distinct operating systems.  That's the rub.  HP's own operating system (not copied or borrowed or open-sourced) is its best... MPE/iX.  .  

Yes, I know it's a proprietary operating system but it is scalable, it is dependable, it is open (with Posix embedded), it is web-enabled, and it is user-friendly.  It has been around for over 25 years as the showcase operating system of the HP 3000 line and has been updated on a regular basis.  It is the first operating system to have gone "RISC".  It is also slated to move to the IA64 architecture when that becomes available.  It is a true business operating system that requires less than 1/20th of the manpower to maintain in a similar environment over ANY Unix solution!  It is also capable of complete interaction with every one of the other operating systems that you mention...

Where have you guys been hiding your heads?"

Glenn Koster
Quintessential School Systems
Developers of QWEBS (www.qss.com)