Donna wrote:

[snip]
><taking off my openmpe bod hat...>
>
>i was asked about this during the interview.  IMO (y'all
>heard that part, right? :-) i can't see how this can be so.
>mpe shops have either decided to migrate or not...it's that
>simple.  for the folks not migrating, they're not relevant to
>this *particular* issue.
[snip]

I would like to add that ISVs who are migrating their customer base
from the HPe3000 need 2 things, both which seem at odds with each other:

a. A consistent message from HP about the platform going away. This is
   so that recalcitrant customers don't get frozen and refuse to migrate.

b. A way for slow moving customers to maintain their HPe3000 beyond
12/31/2006
   so they are not harmed while finising up their eventual migration.

Some ISVs have probably asked HP to focus on 'a' and some have probably
asked HP
to focus on 'b'. And some, like us, have asked HP to concentrate on both 'a'
and 'b'.

And then there are the Platinum Partners who have spent considerable time
and effort
in building a business to help migration efforts. It isn't in anybody's best
interest
for these Platinum Partners to drop out because of a lack of business or a
perception
that HP isn't selling the migration message.

And then there are those customer who don't want or can't migrate in the
pre-2007
timeframe.

Bottom line - HP is in a tough position and it will be interesting to see
how it
all shakes out. I for one am really curious how all this OpenMPE stuff will
evolve.
But in the meantime, we are working hard on migration...

duane percox

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