--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Paul Raulerson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> You hear the same thing about VMS (another HP OS) all the time. 
> However, I sold five new installations of VMS, in my spare time last  
> year, with HP support. That despite a whole bunch of people saying  
> just about the same thing you said above. :) HP will support anything  
> that makes money for them, and has a good business plan.

My point exactly.  How many "new" installations of MPE have there been in the last seven years?  And of those, how many with "HP support" (I assume you mean HP *sales* support)?  I would wager that the number would be small, so small as to approach zero.  In fact, I would be surprised if that number was more than zero.

HP is not interested in making money from MPE, or rather, the money to be made from MPE is so small as to be a non-factor in HP's plan.
 
Jim


      

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