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Subject:        Re: Perception, reality, and ht HP 3000
From:   "Juan C. Pineiro" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 1996 17:27:09 -0800

I'm a diehard MPE developer.  It's really too bad what's happening to MPE
but in the end I think the world will be a better place.  The Market
demands open systems and HP (like any smart vendor) is driven by the
Market.
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My ponderings are as follows:

Juan

In a few years it is expected that the major OS's on the market will be NT
and the SCO Unix which HP is building for SCO. (64 bit compatible with the
MERCED/P7 chip from HP/INTEL).

There is an issue with OPEN where Microsoft and SCO (owned at one point
19% by MS now I think 11%) control the OS market. By being owned by
companies these are "proprietary" operating systems - with of course
wide-spread distribution. They may be defacto standards but the are
proprietary none the less.

So what is your definition of OPEN??

With razor thin margins from very high competition and short life cycles
will the UNIX market and NT market allow companies such as HP to be able
to support any but the largest of customers?? Will we really ALL be better
off??

Will the market become one where giants provide products to giant
distribution chains where the local dealer will actually have to staff
with experienced folks. How similar to the car model will this become??
Only folks with Fleets of cars deal directly with the manufacturer.

I just put this out as food for thought ...

Birket



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