Ron,
   
  Excellent topic, I look forward to the answers.
   
  (to bad I already voted).
   
  -Craig
  

Ron Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  Hello Friends,

While we wait out the election results, I'd like to pose a few 
questions to the board candidates. The responses might have some 
impact on how many community members will vote over the next 
week-plus, as well as who wins.

I'm posting these questions to the OpenMPE mailing list, an idea 
forwarded to us by candidate Donna Hofmeister - with the hope of some 
answers about what our volunteers want to do for the future of the HP 
3000.

1. HP has expanded its "permissible upgrade" language in its RTU 
licenses. Does the vendor need to offer anything to the community to 
prohibit the movement of MPE/iX from system to system? Something 
perhaps like unlocking the horsepower of the 3000s in the A and N 
Class?

2. How soon must HP make a decision about its source code licensing 
for the 3000's operating environment? Is it acceptable for the vendor 
to wait until the start of 2010, as it plans to do now?

3. What is the one achievement for OpenMPE which the group must 
accomplish during 2008 - the mission which the group must not fail at?

4. Should third party support providers have access to HP's 
diagnostics, especially stable storage tools, in case of a system 
board failure, or the closing of a software company which cannot 
update licenses (with HPSUSAN numbers) any longer?

5. Should OpenMPE go after the mission of testing the dozens of beta 
test patches still stuck inside HP's 3000 labs? What can the group do 
to convince HP that the expertise is in place to do that testing, and 
release the HP improvements and engineering to the full 3000 
community?

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