Alfredo wrote:
> Steve Dirickson b894 WestWin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >What about DCE? ...
>
> >If HP included the complete DCE product set on the 918DX (not just the
> >RPC subsystem), we could build all sorts of interesting cross-system
> >stuff using it. Way-cool NT-to-MPE (or, OK, I'll say it,
> >Uni...Uni...sorry, I can't say it, but you know what I mean) software
> >based on RPC might help HP sell a few more DCE installations to paying
> >customers. Or sell a few more new boxes to people who want a DCE-capable
> >system that they don't have to baby-sit.
>
> Excellent suggestion.  I second Steve's proposal.
>

Is DCE taking off for real?
Is ODBC-32 enough?
What about:
  Remote methods for Java.
  RPC (Cobra, etc.).
  DCOM and more recent inventions.
  etc.

Which "future standard architecture" is going to take off in the IT industry
and which is worth the investment? What will the "next" SAP use?
Which will the 3000 community adopt and use?

As I've talked to many folks looking for staff lately, there is all together
too obvious a trend: "GUI client/server or die!" There is an accompanying
trend: migration from the HP3000 to something (NT, Unix, etc.).

Can HP3000 software developers leverage the cheap popular PC tools, but
obtain the quality, high performance, reliable result needed to complement
MPE and Image/SQL? This is a tall order. Java looks to me like it might make
it eventually. Bet on the right one and CSY wins, bet on the wrong one or
spread too thin and CSY loses.

Richard Gambrell