> Imagine if HP did this.

What exactly is the "this" that you propose HP do?


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> Or perhaps an immodest one. I understand that * no one has actually
done *
> what Date and Dodd proposed, at least according to some of what I
read from
> the slashdot links. Maybe there are good reasons why not, I don't
know. But
> if that is true and accurate, then there is still an opportunity for
someone
> to be the first to actually do it.
>
> Imagine if HP did this. In fact, how about "Imagine" as a next
generation
> RDBMS on MPE. If HP wants to do this for HP-UX, Linux, even W2K,
sure, why
> not? If you're afraid of cheesing off MS, then leave it pure command
line,
> no GUI. And include appropriate XML support. Shoot, some of us might
not
> even complain about paying a reasonable price for it, at least not
for
> production.
>
> Whoever does this is going to quickly hear either criticism from
Oracle and
> Co, or a chorus of me, toos. It would be provocative, that's for
sure. As
> for competition, everyone competes with everyone else, and also
partners
> with them. It's a new order, and we just live with the tensions.
Doesn't
> Linux "compete" with HP-UX, which both compete with Windows? HP does
show
> some old-school entrenchment that seems to cow them from competing
with
> their partners. Then again, they can afford to take on Larry Boy;
they're
> bigger. And Bill can live with non-MS products, so long as everyone
also
> uses MS products with them. So make it pure CLI. SQL whallopers
shouldn't
> mind the command line, and even lots of typing.
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
> Imagination is more important than knowledge - Einstein
> Insanity isn't the liability it once was - me
>