Oh, sure. Send $500 and I'll remove you from the list :-)

No? Ok, send a pint of blood instead....

Brian.

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:00:40 -0500, Steve Nunes <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Can I be removed from the list?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: donna garverick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 1:34 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: OpenMPE Pricing
>
>
>--- "Gribbin, Francis J." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> With Linux and Solaris using the "Free OS" pricing model, is this in
>> OpenMPE's future ?
>
>this is from the yahoo article:
>
>  "The result, Sun believes, will be renewed demand for its servers and
>
>  services. The company also will charge subscription fees for Solaris
>  support and service programs that are typically sought by the
>  businesses and organizations that Sun targets."
>
>under the heading of "there's no such thing as a free lunch" -- sun is
>doing the same thing as many of the linux vendors (eg, redhat).  get the
>os for free, but they'll (hopefully/ideally) recover their costs thru
>support dollars.
>
>i don't know if this gamble will work for sun or not....but to address
>mpe and openmpe....
>
>my personal opinion is -- we're unlikely to ever see mpe's source code
>made available (like was suggested in the yahoo article) for
>any/everyone to look at.  at this point in time, i don't know that i
>really care about this particular aspect since the challenge to convince
>hp to release the source code *at all* is far greater and more critical.
>
>that's one issue.  just as critical is the user community.
>
>soooooo many mpe shops have quit updating the operating system on mpe
>and sooooo many shops have quit paying support on their mpe systems (for
>both os and even 3rd-party software) that it creates a completely
>unsupportable environment.
>
>with NO dollars going to <whomever> how is mpe going to be supported?
>
>*if* openmpe is going to succeed there HAS TO BE support -- in real and
>continuing dollars -- from mpe's users.  it's just that simple.
>
>did i mention there was no such thing as a free lunch?        - d
>
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