For that $134 million dollars, HP could write the MPE emulator in Java.
Those MPE users wishing for 3k-ish transaction performance (or any
performance at all) would require a terahertz processor and terabyte-scale
memory, not to mention the personality chip available only from HP.  Problem
solved.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 5:21 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: merger propaganda in hyperdrive
>
>
> John writes:
>
> > The really sad thing is that HP can and is spending
> millions and millions
> >  of dollars on lobbying the HP stockholders, but won't
> spend funds to keep
> >  MPE/iX and the HP 3000 alive and the HP 3000 user base happy.
>
> The current estimates of HP's spending for their campaign is ca. $100
> million. In contrast, Walter Hewlett has spent $34 million.
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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