At 01:24 PM 6/3/98 -0700, Dirickson Steve wrote:
>The "whole story" is that HP has stated that they have no intention of
>updating/enhancing C/iX. Not to take advantage of new capabilities on their
>own platform like HFS, and not even to keep up with additions to Standard C.
>I pointed out at IPROF that this position means that, over time, C/iX will
>become a non-conforming implementation, and Randy Roten agreed that that is
>where C/iX is headed. His hands appear to be tied pretty thoroughly, so the
>future of C/iX doesn't look too good at the moment.

This is pretty much the same story with most all the products that are
'supported' out of Roseville.  For a number of years the annual feedback
from Roseville on a number of the products that they 'maintain' has been
that the enhancements/etc. are "under investigation".  Recently this
response has been changed to "currently have no plans", which is probably
a more accurate response.  In the meantime technology marches forward and
these products become more and more outdated.....

(Note: Although I use the terms 'supported' and 'maintained' as one might
 expect I'm not sure these are the real correct terms by which we should
 refer to this non-existent effort. Although one in awhile they do throw
 something to us users....)

/jf
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