Roy,

   No, only 5% (roughly) had a problem.  Basicly 95% were saying the HP
hardware requirement was a non-issue.  HP hardware could be any platform from
HP (and/or former Compaq), including Intel based boxes.

Thanx,
   Jon

Quoting Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>:

> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Jon Backus" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 5:20 PM
> Subject: [OPENMPE] PA-RISC Emulator
>
> >  Currently there are two potential companies interested in the
> > creation of a PA-RISC emulator, Allegro and SRI.  I believe both
> > companies are on the list and can speak for themselves.  I personally
> > found the HP news on this topic to be positive progress.  Naturally
> > the details will determine just how positive.  One requirement HP is
> > placing on the licensing of MPE on an emulatored PA-RISC environment
> > is that it must be on HP hardware.  A quick poll of the room on how
> > many people were interested in an emulator showed roughly 90% - 95%
> > were interested.  Then asked how many would not be interested if they
> > had to run it on HP hardware less then 5% lowered their hands.
>
>
> The way I read that last sentence, less than 5% of the people in the room
> showed that they *would* be interested in an HP-hardware-only emulator.
> Is that what you meant?
>
> But what's HP hardware? Does HP-supplied Intel count? Indeed, will there
> *be*
> anything else?
>
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> Roy Brown
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