I guess it's not surprising that hp would want to give up on OS developments
altogether and leave that to the 'experts' (I say that lightly) that are
more dedicated to that area of the IT world...thus leaving hp to manufacture
hardware.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Phillips [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: The Future Of HP-UX and MPE
>
> Along the lines of the "nasty rumor-soon to be confirmed or denied", I was
> just reading my November 2001 HPWorld magazine. It contains a letter to
> the
> editor from Dave Swartz, vice president of Security Applications, Inc
> (SAI).
> Apparently, SAI makes electronic security systems that run on HP-UX and
> one
> of their customers is HP (in particular, the HP facility at Roseville,
> CA).
> HP has instructed SAI that
>
> "the company [HP] will not consider any internal solution based on any
> platform other than Windows NT/2000 for worldwide deployment."
>
> Mr. Swartz then observes:
>
> "HP's position has now raised doubts in the marketplace about the
> viability
> of HP's UNIX or Linux products...HP-UX is probably doomed, and forget
> about
> MPE. I guess the HP community is not concerned about its future."
>
> Interesting, isn't it?
>
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>
> LONG LIVE MPE!
> Jim Phillips Information Systems Manager
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>
> LONG LIVE MPE!
>
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