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I found these interesting. They politely asked me to feel free to pass this
information on - I read and obey, and they thank me for my participation.
It's good to read that the HP 3000 has the open operating system MPE/iX. 

Now, if there were some way to get MPE/iX to get some of the free press and
mindshare that Linux is getting (is any other open source software getting
this much attention, which does not directly compete with a Microsoft
offering?), well, that would be interesting, and quite the story. 'OS enjoys
renewed industry attention'... 

Note that these links only work if you are subscribed. I thought I might be
able to find another address for the first article, but a search of the HP
site failed to turn these up! 

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 --- HP 3000 WITH ORDAT STANDARD SOFTWARE AT UNION SPECIAL GMBH 
     (Success Story) 
     The German subsidiary of the American specialists for industrial sewing

     machines, Union Special GmbH in Möglingen near Ludwigsburg, 
     decided to downsize its IT systems to adjust to changed 
     market conditions. By the end of 1997 an HP 3000 system 
     with the open operating system MPE/iX completely replaced 
     an existing IBM 43xx mainframe environment. 
     URL:
http://svr1.external.hp.com/smartfriend/cgi-bin/sfem.pl?EML11513=2125

 --- HP SUPPORTS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND LINUX  (Brief)
     To ensure that customers get just the solutions they need, HP is
focusing 
     its activities on the Linux operating system in the 
     new Open Source Solutions Operation. HP has also started porting 
     to the PA-RISC architecture. 
     URL:
http://svr1.external.hp.com/smartfriend/cgi-bin/sfem.pl?EML11514=2125
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     THANKS!
     Thank you for your participation. Please feel free to pass this 
     information on to your colleagues and invite them to subscribe by
     visiting http://www.hp.com/go/smartfriend.