I liken that old car to an episode of "Taxi" (or was it "Cheers"?).



The young lady character needed a personal car.  So the father gets her one of the old 1950's looking Taxi vehicles over her objections, mostly in regards to style and looks.  Later in the episode she comes in the standard scene the show was perpetually in and says she was in an accident.  The opposing car was totaled, but the big old steel clad car she was driving merely got a few dents.



I forget whether the old car had a new engine or not.



Tracy Johnson

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  Ray Shahan <[log in to unmask]> writes

>Thanks, Craig – LOL, I did that before I posted to the list.  Still 

>don’t know that it’s actually been done, and was it cost effective?

>

>



I believe the general consensus from those that have looked and smelt

is:



1) Yes its been done, that's how the Stromasys product does it.

2) From all reports, Yes it works. It may still require some work for complex/large environments, but again from feedback I have received the average SME HP3000 should just run.

3) Is it cost effective? That depends where you view it from. If you are keeping HP3000 hardware running for a couple of thousand bucks a year, then No. If you are reliant on your HP3000 applications, are happy with the constraints of MPE, and think that will hold true for a few years, then Yes.



The analogy is rather like running an old car that you like and feel comfortable with as your daily transport. Its inexpensive to keep running, the local parts store and local garage seem to be able to supply and fix everything for a few hundred bucks when it breaks. But you have a nagging doubt that if you decided to undertake a cross continent journey that the engine might just expire with a loud bang. 

Now someone comes along and offers you a brand new engine for $5000.00, what do you do?



1) Decline the offer as too expensive, and carry on as now.

2) Accept the offer, and continue driving your comfortable old car for a number of years confident that its got a good engine that's going to be reliable.

3) Decide that if your going to spend $5000.00 that you may as well use it as a deposit and buy the new vehicle that you would really like and that will better suit your needs for the next decade.



Which is the best most cost effective choice, Ah well only you can know that, for as with so many things the answer is "It Depends"







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