On 30 Sep 2002 at 11:28, Ron Seybold wrote:

> It's not clear why HP wants to retain its hand in a market that it is
> moving away from, but things like the emulator's MPE license needing
> HP hardware seem to prove that's the position HP is taking for now.

I think that many people are really missing the significance of this.

HP has decided to exit the MPE business. They could very well have
said "no" to any licensing arrangements, period. MPE is dead ...
there is nothing to see here ... move along.

But, they have agreed in principle to put a mechanism into place to
allow the creation of NEW MPE licenses after they exit the business.
Without that, MPE is dead. With that, there is the possibility that
MPE can live on for those that want it.

We gotta crawl before we can walk ... walk before we can run. The
agreements on the "Gang of 6", have not dropped a wall in front of
us, but may in fact have helped us to start the walking phase. It
ain't perfect, but it is better than the alternative. Now, lets spend
our engergy in favorable fashion and try to move this process along,
instead of complaining about it.

Regards,


M.




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