Thus it was written in the epistle of Lars Appel,
>
> Well, we don't want them to commit to something, in some
> cases it would already be sufficient to get a "we won't get
> into your way" (for example in the emulator area). Kind of
> "we strongly recommend to migrate until xyz, because we do
> not consider other options reasonable at this time; however,
> if customers prefer to make their own decision, based on
> their specific situation and needs, for example to attempt
> implementing or using some form of HP e3000 emulator, we
> won't get into their way... [unless their approach causes
> us to make less money than by forcing them to buy HP-UX]".

What HP doesn't seem to cotton to yet is that they *can't* force anyone to buy
HP-UX.  They seem to have the idea that the legendary MPE-users loyalty is
loyalty to anything with the initials "HP" and that if they get rid of MPE, it
won't occur to us to look elsewhere.  The "we don't need these customers" or
"they'll stay with us no matter what" attitude (I'm not sure which it is)
surprises me far more than the MPE EOL announcement.

Ted
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