I know there are still a lot of hurt feelings and budgets after the 11-
14 announcement, but we need to give credit to the good folks at HP for
working with the HP3000 community to do the right thing in seeking a
solution for those choosing to remain on MPE after 2006.

As Jeff stated, the fact that HP has committed people and budget funds
(when every company's budget is tight) speaks well of the committment
from within HP. As a friend in Germany once said, "yes, but you are
here now." As hard as it is to do so, let's try and be "here now" and
look forward to HP assisting with the emulator project(s) and realize
HP (and I'm sure Dave Wilde has fought for this too) did not say "NO"
to any future past 2006 for MPE.

I normally try to stay quiet as some don't appreciate my comments but I
felt Jeff Vance and the others in HP trying to do the right thing by
the MPE community needed a show of thanks for their dedication to MPE
as well. After all, they could choose to take their resume elsewhere,
couldn't they?

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John wrote:
> > Also, CSY, at this time, sees value in a single version of
> > MPE. That is, the same version of MPE will run on an emulator
> > and on a 3000.
> >
> >  Jeff Vance, "CSY"
>
> That's a profound statement. "CSY sees value". Did you really
> mean to say that?

Yes. Not requiring a special version of MPE for the emulator seems
desirable to CSY. It may also be desirable to the emulator vendors,
I don't know. They could then say that exactly the same version of
MPE that runs on a e3000 also runs via their emulator.

> Maybe I'm reading more into it than I should. Let's see, CSY
> doesn't exist therefore their opinion doesn't count within HP.

It is true that CSY does not officially exist on an HP org chart,
but most of CSY is still intact and we still all work together
in the same office space as before.

> Is this the way it works?
> The question then becomes, does HP see value in MPE?

Enough to fund "CSY" in various efforts aimed at working out ways
for MPE to be viable post 2006, even though the official HP and CSY
message is to migrate or at least plan for an eventual migration.
Enough to fund NON-migration focused HP attendees at HP World and the
two upcoming Solution Symposiums. And enough to allow a "CSY'er" to be
on the OpenMPE board at company expense (for time).

FWIW,
 Jeff Vance, "CSY"