John asks:
> But difficult parts still remain. What about add-ons. Ken,
> you say $100.00 or whatever it ends up being. OK, now I
> have MPE. Gee, I have 100base network card...oops added
> charge. You want compilers with that, $10,000.00
> please.

The goal (well, my goal) is that the emulator license would include all
typical SUBSYS products that are currently optional.  This would
certainly include Image/SQL, all the compilers, etc.  Nobody wants to be
in the HP add-on software business (so far as I know) so it's likely
that it would be a package deal that includes everything that HP has the
rights to.

> Who's going to supply the compilers once HP decides
> they don't want to anymore, not that they are now.
> How about DS3000, NS3000, Dictionary/3000, HPDESK,
> System Dictionary, TDP/3000 and a whole slew of
> other things I can't remember right now.

Well, DS, HPDESK, and TDP aren't available today as far as I know, but
everything else that you could order from HP as an add-on system
software tool/utility would probably be included.

Standard caveat that HP hasn't agreed to this yet of course, though I've
heard nobody suggest that things would be otherwise.

Gavin