Cecile,

        I took Lars' comments to refer to vendors that have an active application
or utility on the HP3000 and then either decide to abandon it all together
or to migrate future releases onto another platform.  I've known vendors
that put their "secured" product up for sale as they left the market, but
when they didn't find a buyer they choose to leave it "secured".  I've also
known vendors that migrated to a new platform but had customers on a MPE
version of their software that were forced to migrate or locked into the
current "secured" version.

        In both cases the vendor was exiting the HP3000 market and in both cases
the customer was locked into using the application or utility only with the
HPSUSAN/HPCPUNAME last supported by the vendor.  It happens...

Thanx,
        Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Cecile Chi
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 7:59 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [OPENMPE] A No for SSConfig


In a message dated 10/25/02 6:19:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Cecile wrote:

 > ... There's no need to protect against piracy
 > if you're getting out of the market anyway.

 Unless you're trying to force as many people as possible
 to buy your then-new migration or replacement product !?

 Lars.
  >>
I was referring to vendors exiting the HP3000 market.  If the migration or
replacement product runs only on another platform, it is not an option for
homesteaders.  It sounds to me like you are thinking of HP; I'm thinking
of other vendors who supply software for the HP3000.

Cecile