PRESS RELEASE
OpenMPE calls upon
HP t
PRESS RELEASE
OpenMPE calls upon
HP to transition MPE source code to OpenMPE
The following statement is OpenMPE’s response to
Hewlett-Packard’s recent support extension announcement.
On December 20, 2005, Mike Paivinen of HP posted a
message to the MPE community on behalf of Ross McDonald, MPE/iX R&D
Director of Engineering. Of particular
interest are item numbers 1 and 3 in the message from Mr. McDonald.
Quoting from Mr. McDonald's December 20, 2005
message:
"1) HP intends to offer basic reactive support
services for e3000 systems through at least December, 2008."
"3) When HP no longer offers services that
address the basic support needs of remaining e3000 customers, HP intends to offer to license HP e3000
MPE/iX source code to one or more third parties -- if partner interest exists
at that time -- to help partners meet the basic support needs of the remaining
e3000 customers and partners."
On September 26, 2007, Craig Fairchild of HP posted
another message from Mr. McDonald publicly announcing that HP has decided to
extend support in a limited fashion, what HP is calling “MPS w/o SE” (Mature
Product Support without Sustaining Engineering), until December 31, 2010.
Support provided by HP in the period between January 1, 2009 and December 31,
2010 will be on a limited basis without any software engineering to resolve
customer problems. HP will assist customers in developing workaround solutions
with existing patches. For some equipment, HP will continue to provide hardware
support contracts. HP may discontinue support for some software and services
prior to December 31, 2010.
With HP's September 26, 2007 announcement, HP effectively
split hardware support from software support and has left some customers in the
position of requiring engineered software support after January 1, 2009 that
will not be available from HP.
In light of these statements, OpenMPE calls upon HP
to begin the transition of MPE source code responsibility to OpenMPE. Then
OpenMPE can, in a timely manner, prepare for and deliver engineered software
support to the members of the MPE community that require it beyond HP's stated
end of engineered software support, December 31, 2008.
A transition period of one year should be sufficient
to properly complete the documentation and transition process of MPE source
from HP. OpenMPE stands ready to provide engineered software support for our
members after HP no longer provides this service as of December 31, 2008.
OpenMPE’s Board and the members of the MPE community
look forward to HP's announcement by the start of HP's new fiscal year on
November 1, 2007 fulfilling their public commitments to the community, that is
– completing the software review process and the transition of MPE’s source
code to interested third parties.
Quoting HP’s December 2005 Addendum:
“In the future, when HP no longer provides MPE/iX
support, HP intends to license major portions of MPE/iX source code to
qualified providers for the purpose of helping them support their customers.
Providers may be able to use MPE/iX source code to investigate solutions,
develop work-arounds, and create binary patches to solve customer problems.
Licensing terms will be determined at that time.”
The time is now to enable OpenMPE to provide
engineered support services to the community.
The Board of OpenMPE would like to thank those HP employees
that have, since November 2001, worked with OpenMPE as an advocate for the MPE
community. Together, we have worked to provide
various operating system improvements and fixes. We were able to reinstate the MPE certification
programs as well as transitioned MPE education responsibility. OpenMPE looks
forward to working with HP to transition MPE source code engineered support to
OpenMPE.
Birket Foster, Chairman
John R. Wolff, Vice-Chair
Donna Hofmeister, Secretary
Paul Edwards, Treasurer
Anne Howard
Chuck Ciesinski
Matthew Perdue
Tracy Johnson
Jennifer Fisher
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