"Peter Smithson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:MPG.19a4786dc820ecf0989781@news.cis.dfn.de...
> In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
> says...
> > Wirt,
> >
> > How did hp kill Block Mode in UX?
> > Due to the large amount of code we have, probably our only option (apart
> > from COMPLETE rewrite) is to go to eloquence...that's the thinking so
far.
> > Trying to get enough gear set up to evaluate it asap.
> >
> > thanks,
> > jp
>
> I'm learning about MPE.  Could someone explain what this means and why
> going to eloquence is related?  Isn't Block Mode a function of a
> terminal and Eloquence a version of IMAGE on UNIX?

I can't see how Block Mode can have anything to do with Eloquence. Eloquence
is a database management system that has an IMAGE compatible API. Eloquence
runs on Windows and a number of flavours of Unix.
>
> Is UX short for UNIX?

HP-UX is HPs flavour of Unix.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter

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