Chris,

> This has nothing to do with HP being a public
> entity, just a bureaucratic one.

Yes, indeed ;-)

> There is also the very legitimate issue of committing
> to something that does not even exist yet.

Well, we don't want them to commit to something, in some
cases it would already be sufficient to get a "we won't get
into your way" (for example in the emulator area). Kind of
"we strongly recommend to migrate until xyz, because we do
not consider other options reasonable at this time; however,
if customers prefer to make their own decision, based on
their specific situation and needs, for example to attempt
implementing or using some form of HP e3000 emulator, we
won't get into their way... [unless their approach causes
us to make less money than by forcing them to buy HP-UX]".

Lars.

(only speaking for myself, ignore my eMail address)

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