VMS survives on in the Alpha in the same manner as MPE on
PA-RISC does it not?  Just because the current incarnation of the machine
is still named HP3000 does not mean a whole lot, except continuity in
marketing.

paul

In article <[log in to unmask]>,
        william brandt <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> IBM had their Series 1 and System 34 and HP had their 3000.
> DEC had their VAX which was the hot item at the time. We decided on the 3000
> Series 30 with a 7920 disk drive. What stuck me is that of all the computers
> we considered at the time only the HP3000 is still in existence and not only
> surviving but thriving.
>
> What's the reason?
>
> I would say (a) reliability not only in the hardware but MPE, (b)
> versatility, (c) power for the money.
>

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