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Re: OT: Carly's Departure
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John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:37:22 -0600
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Anybody know how IBM's iSeries is doing?

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions


At 11:21 AM 2/11/05 -0500, Tom Brandt wrote:

>There has been some talk on this list that now that Carly is gone, HP will
>revive MPE. I just don't see that happening. The conditions that led to
>MPE's discontinuance were established, as Larry points out, before Carly
>arrived. Beyond HPs lack of sales effort in MPE is the trend away from
>proprietary OS. Whether anyone here likes it or not, the future is not with
>a proprietary OS like MPE, and HP will be foolish to invest any money in
>reviving it. The market just isn't there. Reviving it may make our lives
>easier, but from HPs standpoint it makes no financial sense.
>
>--
>Tom Brandt
>Northtech Systems, Inc.
>130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
>Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
>http://www.northtech.com/
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