Given that one of Hewlett-Packard's reasons for terminating HP3000/MPE was
that they felt more customers wanted open systems rather than proprietary
architecture... not knowing HP-UX I'm speculating that it likely has a few
things that are unique to HP. So, we could perhaps also call HP-UX
proprietary in some measure.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the day when (hopefully) all computer
systems are running the same basic OS.


"John Burke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> A recent AP-distributed article under the byline of Helen Jung titled
> "Microsoft-Linux rivalry now turns on business value" contains the
following
> paragraph:
>
> "Several analysts say that currently, Linux's growth comes not from
> Microsoft but from Unix-based servers offered by Sun Microsystems,
> Hewlett-Packard and others. Once most companies abandon Unix in a few
years,
> Linux's biggest opportunity for growth will be cutting into Microsoft's
> share."
>
> While the conclusion of the last sentence is rather obvious given the
> premise, it is the premise that caught my eye. Anyone care to speculate on
> EOL for HP-UX?
>
> John
>
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