See, there IS a brave man out there in the world, Diogenes would be proud.

At 11:57 AM 12/18/98 +0500, Divesh Singhal wrote:
>Hi all
>
>What are the limiting features of HP 3000 as opposed to the OPEN systems on
>offer today?

Well, one of the limitations is that the HP3000 IS open. This makes it much
harder to compare against the allegedly open but ib fact twice as
proprietary systems (such as HP-UX, other flavors of Un*x, various products
(if that is not too strong a term) from Redmond WA and the like). An
independent research group evaluated open-ness of operating systems, and
concluded that the HP3000 was the most open system in the market today.

>Is there a market for migration from HP 3000 to a more state-of-the-art
>system like HP 9000?


Yes it's a reverse path, and one that several people have discovered, to
their relief. After attemptiong to save money, reduce head-count, etc, they
have migrated to one of these "SofTA" systems, only to disover that they
were having a "HaRDEr' (Horrible and Really Demented ExpeRience) time!
Fortunately the HP3000 is like a forgiving parent, always ready to take you
back.

It's early, I had no sleep, so forgive the bluntness, but this question
should NOT have been posted here if you value the sort of responses you are
looking for!

Good luck, see you when you get lucky!

Tony