Is John Mcain and Barrack Obama in the building? 

Where is Hilary running to?

Them there is running words in my book...

BUT guess what... About 2/3 or more of voters have already voted.

Where were you in January?



>From: Keith Wadsworth <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 2008/02/25 Mon PM 12:41:00 CST
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [HP3000-L] Questions for OpenMPE board candidates

>For those that have yet to cast their vote for the OpenMPE board election, 
>and for inquiring minds as well, my answers follow.  Thanks to Ron Seybold for 
>the questions, and thanks to Candidate Donna for being the first to jump.  
>Also, I would like to suggest that these questions are a good starting point for 
>the new OpenMPE board, and I would like to see each of the incumbents 
>answer these as well, following the board election.
>
>1. HP has expanded its "permissible upgrade" language in its RTU licenses. 
>Does the vendor need to offer anything to the community to prohibit the 
>movement of MPE/iX from system to system? Something perhaps like unlocking 
>the horsepower of the 3000s in the A and N Class?
>
>Candidate Keith Wadsworth's answer:  "Prohibit the movement" and "unlocking 
>the horsepower"seem to be separate topics, so I will address unlocking the 
>horsepower.
>
>On first blush this seems like a great idea – making it easier for the remaining 
>users to increase server performance.  And I am all for it.  However, first we 
>might ask why would HP do this at this time to a product line that has less 
>than 24 months of HP support?  If delivered by HP proper this type of change 
>would not only add new breath to the e3000, it would add new life to a 
>platform that is being shut down.  So because of the unlikelihood of this 
>happening I do not think it is a direction that OpenMPE should concentrate 
>resources on at this time.
>
>2. How soon must HP make a decision about its source code licensing for the 
>3000's operating environment? Is it acceptable for the vendor to wait until the 
>start of 2010, as it plans to do now?
>
>Candidate Keith Wadsworth's answer:  It occurs to me that this "decision" 
>belongs to HP and that it is not the purview of others to presume to tell HP 
>what they must do, let alone how soon.  Having said this, is it possible that 
>HP could well have already made this decision? And that the decision is the 
>source code will not be released?  I believe that the OpenMPE board needs to 
>take this real possibility under consideration and re-evaluate its goals and 
>purposes to best serve the community should the source code not become 
>available.
>
>3. What is the one achievement for OpenMPE which the group must 
>accomplish during 2008 - the mission which the group must not fail at?
>
>Candidate Keith Wadsworth’s answer:  To properly serve the community I 
>believe OpenMPE needs more than one singular achievement goal, and this 
>needs to be more than wishing and hoping to acquire and maintain the MPE 
>source code.  It would seem that supporting a 30+ year old operating system 
>with a shrinking market would be financially very challenging; especially for an 
>organization that publicly states it has no money, no income, and no source of 
>revenue other than limited contributions.  Addressing questions four and five 
>below might be a good place to begin discussing and outlining 2008 target 
>achievements.
>
>4. Should third party support providers have access to HP's diagnostics, 
>especially stable storage tools, in case of a system board failure, or the 
>closing of a software company which cannot update licenses (with HPSUSAN 
>numbers) any longer?
>
>Candidate Keith Wadsworth’s answer: Third party companies already have 
>offerings and new offerings are being openly discussed.  OpenMPE needs to be 
>evaluating what can be offered should HP not provide additional access.
>
>5. Should OpenMPE go after the mission of testing the dozens of beta test 
>patches still stuck inside HP's 3000 labs? What can the group do to convince 
>HP that the expertise is in place to do that testing, and release the HP 
>improvements and engineering to the full 3000community?
>
>Candidate Keith Wadsworth’s answer:  This raises many questions about the 
>needs of the users, and the OpenMPE organization as well.  For example, is 
>there any hard data that strongly indicates that a large number of remaining 
>users, or even a small number, need these patches?  I believe the OpenMPE 
>board needs to raise, explore and answer such questions thoroughly.
>
>Addressing the question of testing, although the OpenMPE board members and 
>members at large command considerable expertise, it does not seem apparent 
>that OpenMPE as a whole has the ability, let alone the infrastructure, to 
>conduct such testing.
>
>I believe addressing these multiple subjects are important and urgent tasks for 
>OpenMPE and its directors.
>
>Thank you for your vote!  I welcome questions and dialog.
>Keith Wadsworth
>Orbit Software
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