Wayne wrote:

> > 2. The cost of the license from HP for the right to run MPE on
> > the emulator.
>
> Regarding point #2:  For almost everyone that is a license
> TRANSFER of MPE not a NEW license for MPE.  You have a licensed
> copy of MPE now right?  So why all this discussion regarding NEW
> licenses, royalties, etc?  HP could easily allow any existing MPE
> license to be TRANSFERed to a box running any emulator.  Why is
> this a cost issue for HP?

Just to be clear: a license transfer, at least today, is when
you transfer ownership of an HP e3000 system from one entity to
another. The license transfer process does not include any kind
of upgrades (to CPU, or user limits, etc.) If that is desired it
is a separate transaction with HP. License transfers are free.

I believe that HP will consider it a license transfer if you turn
in your 3000 and want to use MPE on an emulator. User limits, CPUs,
etc. have not been defined, but HP and the emulator companies will
be reasonable here, I am sure. If you do not want to turn in your
3000 but you still want to run the emulator then you need a new MPE
license.  This costs HP money and that cost will be passed on, at
least that is our current thinking.

 Jeff Vance, "CSY"