Unfortunately I have to second the abandonment notion.  I am getting
extreme pressure from above to abandon the 3k in favor of NT and
SQL Server.  I have been able to keep the wolves at bay by dangling
the 32 bit ODBC carrot in front of their faces.  As the carrot moves
farther our of their field of vision the migration pressures increase.

I guess Microsoft no longer has to do the delivery slip two-step alone!

Brian (fighting to retain a superior product in the face of adversity
from it's creator) Rosenow
Information Officer
UAB School of Optometry
(205) 934-2822 - Voice
(205) 934-0392 - FAX
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>From:  John Painter[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday, November 05, 1996 8:51 AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: HP ODBC/Allbase 32 for Win95 ???? -Reply
>
>MPE Folks:
>
>Gary sure is right. We spoke with the response center this week and we
>were told late spring would be the earliest that the 32 bit (MB Foster
>Lite) odbc driver would be available. When we inquired about a beta
>program we were told that it is much to early to even consider such a
>program!
>
>Isn't it nice that HP was able to announce at interex that the driver
>was on the way so that they could save face and avoid bloodshed during
>the show? Clearly the course at HP is to continue to milk the HP 3000
>cash cow while scaling back the resources devoted to the platform. This
>is a classic business case of a mature product on the declining side of
>the time/adoption curve.  HP might have chosen to refresh the platform
>with new blood, but, alas, the path seems to be set. At least we're not
>bitter about it! ;-)
>
>As developers we have an immediate need for this driver. We are now
>evaluating the idea of purchasing the full MB Foster product for each
>install we do. More telling, though, we are also evaluating abandoning
>software development for the 3000 in favor of NT and SQL Server. Loyalty
>is nice, and all, but we need to actually have a product to sell.
>
>Any HP apologizers care to comment?
>
>
>John Painter
>Computer Solutions, Inc.
>http://home.navisoft.com/csi6000
>
>
>
>In article <[log in to unmask]>,
>[log in to unmask] says...
>>
>>Unfortunately, we are now being told that it will be sometime 1st
>quarter
>>of '97, at the earliest.  Which is certainly different than the
>information
>>that was given at HP World.
>>
>>Gary Dietz
>>
>>>>> Cognos <[log in to unmask]> 10/29/96 09:51am >>>
>>Who have news about the ODBC/Allbase 32 bits disponibility and
>dowloading??
>