Starvision was a repackaged version of the LeeTech AIM (Application
Intelligent Middleware) product that is still available on multiple
platforms (MPE/iX, NT, and a few Un*x's).  It's a good product although
not heavily marketed by LeeTech.  We even wrote a Cold Fusion interface
for it :)  If you want any further information about AIM in particular,
give me a call.  A couple other MOM type products would be IBM's MQSeries
and Microsoft Message Queue.  I believe the former was ported to MPE
by Willow, and the later by Geneva (I believe the Geneva product is
called 'Level 8'?!?!?).  If you just need some basic middleware, you
can also look at Middleman from Minisoft.  I'm sure there are a few
others out there too.

Regards,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
http://www.editcorp.com
voice: 888-858-EDIT (3348) or 573-368-5478
fax:   573-368-5479
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Chris Goodey
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Starvision replacement - middleware
> server software
>
>
> In the past we had good success with a product called Starvision.
>
> Basically it would listen to a port for some outside
> transaction message
> (from your pc, a Unix box or
> whatever) and then route that message to a program on the
> HP3000. It would
> then run multiple copies
> of this program, and track the routing of the programs output
> back to the
> original requestor.
>
> Your Cobol (or whatever program) would then look at the
> passed message and
> decide what to do,
> and then send data back. Your program did all the work, the
> Starvision code
> just kept track
> of the communications part of things to simplify the applications
> programming.
>
> This middleware just did the passing of the data back and
> forth, along with
> starting multiple processes and
> keeping track of them and which message went where.
>
> Anyone out there have experience with other products of this
> general kind?
>