--- Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In message
> <[log in to unmask]>,
> "Schwartzman, Zelik" <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
> >I would think that if the vendor is not around anymore then in
> reality you
> >should not be using their software.
>
> I can see that Zelik and I occupy different realities..... I wonder
> who else is in which one?

Some companies, including mine, try to take the less risky approach.
We try to select vendors that we consider safe.  If that vendor goes
out of business or their product becomes unsatisfactory, then we start
finding a new one or at least have a plan if things fail.  Compare this
to your desktop or laptop.  After so many years I would assume you
start considering replacing it.  You know you need to do it but
oftentimes you procrastinate.  Eventually, you replace it because you
know that some day that hard drive or screen or whatever will fail or
it just isn't fast enough or capable enough.  If you can't find a
replacement for software on your HP3000, maybe you need to re-evaluate
your needs.

> >  This would be the case if HP eol's the
> >life of the 3000 or not.  It's a gamble anytime you purchase any
> third party
> >software.  The trick to purchasing third party software is to
> purchase it
> >from a trusted vendor that will be around for the long haul.
>
> It's also the trick when purchasing first party software or hardware.
> Hands up all those who thought that's what they were *doing* when
> they
> bought MPE from Hewlett Packard. And now look....

The warning signs of HP's announcement to terminate the HP3000 have
been there for years.  Am I happy that HP has decided this?  Of course
not.  But none of us should have been surprised by this.  Now each of
us have to make the decision to continue on a risky path or move onto a
more stable path.  Or are there ways to make the risky path less risky?
 It sounds like that's what we're trying to do here.  Criticizing
another person's approach to software accomplishes nothing.

Paul Meyerhofer
Wilson Greatbatch Technologies

> --
> Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to
> be
> Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris


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