In a message dated 12/12/02 12:49:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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> It costs HP money every time we issue a new MPE license, since
> we need to pay various 3rd parties a fee for every copy of MPE
> in existence.  This fee is for code that we have in the OS that
> is their intellectual property. I guess there is also more
> overhead to create a new license than to do a transfer.
>

Simple solution: Do license TRANSFERs instead of issuing NEW licenses.  There
is no shortage of HP-3000 systems and MPE licenses.  FYI: The 937SX from
Primary Health just sold on ebay for $1225 and It was a loaded system.  From
that I would guess that a MPE license is only worth say $500?  As people
migrate, this value will only drop lower.

Given that the issue of third-party code residing in MPE only effects MPE
licenses, no issues should come up with regard to Image, COBOL, FORTRAN, etc?

Further point - I for example have a 937LX with only MPE/iX 4.0 on it.  In
the future how will I be able to upgrade this license to 7.5? What 'proof'
will be required that I have legitimate title to this license?  It's been a
BIG issue in the past because HP has not accepted many systems as having a
legitimate license.

Wayne