Shawn Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>>... short of a site redesign I guess the spot is as good as any.
>>
>>I did a modest PAGE redesign for http://www.adager.com (not a
>>SITE redesign :-) so please check it out again.  Hopefully, the
>>"Link to HP e3000 resources on the web" is easier to spot.
>
>much better, much easier to find and see now.

Sigh of relief!


>>>We actually are now porting most of our software to run on Windows
>>>and Mac OS X using the Qt windowing toolkit from Trolltech
>>>(www.trolltech.com).  Our DataArchitect product will even reverse
>>>engineer
>>>an Image/SQL database through ODBC quite nicely for anyone wanting to
>>>do that.
>>
>>Good.  You say "will".  Please make a note on your calendar to let
>>me know when your DataArchitect product DOES this (and please provide
>>the corresponding URL).  I'll be delighted to include it.
>>
>It works today from a Windows or linux client, we are working on the Mac
>port right now, there are some issues with the ODBC drivers we are
>working through.  The url is www.thekompany.com/products/dataarchitect -
>a fully functioning demo is currently available.

Good.  I incorporated this, with an editorial "(including IMAGE/SQL)"
to make the IMAGE folks feel explicitly welcome (this is, after all,
a resource oriented towards HP e3000 people).  I also included
your comments about your work-in-progress regarding the Mac port,
to make the Mac folks feel explicitly welcome.  One of the greatest
attributes of the Linux community is its open-hearted approach to
"the rest of us".


>>>but based on some upcoming news that might be an exercise in futility.
>>
>>What?  Are you planning to drop this site just because it "is still
>>around, but not terribly active"?
>>
>while I love the 3000 and have some thoughts of additional products,
>we've got some major things pending right now that might kill any time
>or chance I have to do what I was thinking about.  I had to drop out of
>writing for the New Wire earlier this year because my time was getting
>so tight, and it might be time to finally cut the cord much as I'll miss
>it.

You will be sorely missed and kindly remembered.  But then, again,
there is Posix for the HP e3000.  Is there any chance that your great
Linux software can be ported to the HP e3000?  Please see the section
on "Porting from Unix to MPE/iX" within Adager's "HP e3000 resources"
section.

Linux is, after all, "pretty close" to Unix.  Should I call that
section "Porting from Unix and Linux to MPE/iX"?  You are the expert,
so I
defer to your wisdom.  After all these years, we have not even started
to scratch the surface regarding the potential of MPE/iX and IMAGE/SQL.
Please notice that I explicitly used the word "potential".  Any
relationship to the "actual" (or "current") state of the HP e3000 is
purely coincidental.  I would selfishly like to see your continued
contributions to the HP e3000 (about whish you just wrote "I love the
3000 and have some thoughts of additional products").  Perhaps we can
be creative and, via the unlikely "back door" of Linux ports to MPE/iX,
this worthy objective can be fulfilled.

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  |            r  |  Alfredo                     [log in to unmask]
  |          e    |                           http://www.adager.com
  |        g      |  F. Alfredo Rego
  |      a        |  Manager, R & D Labs
  |    d          |  Adager Corporation
  |  A            |  Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000            U.S.A.
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