I want to know who has converted to it, and how it went.... Anybody ?
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From: John Lee [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Carly's Departure
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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