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> From: F. Alfredo Rego <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: I just ran into an interesting web site
> Date: Sunday, February 02, 1997 5:17 PM
>
> I visited http://www.flash.net/~ronbr/html2/hp3000.htm and learned that
B/S
> Enterprises is involved in many software related activities, such as:
> Website Design, CAM Support (HP/3000 MANMAN -- formerly ASK, now CA),
PC
> Programming in Windows. Lost in the middle is a JEWEL having to do
with
> viruses. Find it in the paragraphs below!
>
<snip>
> Operating Systems Goodies. One of the really neat things about the
HP3000
> is that the programmer does not have to be concerned about which disc
drive
> contains the data. (Yes, dear friends, the word is disc on this
machine).
> Another point is that the JCL (Job Control Language) is also quite
simple
> and logical. In any case, how can one fault a machine that uses Hello
to
> log on, and Bye to log off?
>
<snip>
Over the years one appealing aspect of MPE was its "simplistic"
command/job control language. It is one of the reasons that it can be
used in a departmental or small company environment with absolutely no
data processing staff, yet it is still robust enough for the larger
"enterprise."
It is my sincere hope that Posix does not kill that. While there are many
great things to come to MPE lately due to Posix, has anybody here taken
the time to read some of the alphabet-soup commands that are being
suggested? It is easy to ask a clerk to type in STORE @[log in to unmask];*T;SHOW. I
get pretty tongue tied trying to get all the parms right with tar.
Bottom line is this. All of the neat stuff that you can download off of
the Internet is great, but will be out of reach to most users unless it
comes with a program that you can just run and it is self installing.
(Kind of like ADAGERFW, right Alfredo?)
Again, I am not trying to bash Posix, just put a little different spin on
it. And BTW, I also think that the direction of MPE is still bright.
Heck, not only did HP mention 6.0, but 7.0!!!!!
Doug Werth
Beechglen Development Inc.
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513.922.0509
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