...
> To me HP/we are losing a opportunity to spread the power of the os etc
> through the use of open source. Imagine an OS that does not
> limit you to any
> one single hardware platform. Imagine developing something
> that will work on
> a HP 9000, windows , Apple , IBM , SUN , DEC etc.
...

Trying to stay positive per John's suggestion.  There is a
fairly significant effort to make MPE available as Open Source --
I can go into more details if there is an interest, but the effort
is large. CSY has limited resources to make this happen. Does
the OpenMPE community believe it is the best use of CSY's time
to try to get most of MPE into official Open Source vs. other
activities, such as: dotting the i's and crossing the t's with
future MPE licensing models, working out pricing and distribution
details for a more open MPE license, working out a model for enabling
3rd parties to provide s/w support for MPE, cleaning up MPE for
a "final" powerpatch, etc. I am not saying we are or will do these
tasks, but they are on our lists and we will need to allocate people
if we want to complete them.

Nothing comes for free. Priorities need to be clear so that CSY
focuses on the most important activities.

FWIW,
 Jeff Vance, "CSY"