Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask] says:

> The future viability of the 3000 lies in successes such as these (IMHO)
> although I'm well aware some of our colleagues would disagree on grounds
> of the purity of MPE/Image/etc.  I would still maintain that the most
> significant advances on the 3000 have been in the Posix arena (web, DNS,
> bind, syslog, lynx, java, gcc, telnet, inetd, bootp, tftp, etc).  The
> 3000 has become quite a mature Internet player due to volunteer efforts
> for the most part (though CSY has contributed as well, thank you very
> much!) while other areas remain stagnant.
>
> Kudos to all the porting players.  Keep up the excellent work.

I would agree with this assesment and add my thanks(and a short
story) as well.

Our lone HP3000 was slated for obsolecence about a year ago(due to
mandated application changes).. The replacement DEC Alpha has been
purchased and is sitting beside it.  The replacement applications
have, shall we say, not been impressive, but this did not stop the
drive to get the HP out the door.

This has changed recently.  My manager marked the page in
InterexPress where it said 'HP is not going to port ... DNS to the
3000'.  I forwarded him Mark Bixby's message on syslog and BIND.  The
kicker was when I ran a Windows app from the HP3000(via Samba).  The
silence was deafening. We are now reworking our existing apps on the
HP. I sense a chance to keep the old box around, maybe even upgrade.
This is due, in large part, to the efforts of the porting players.

My thanks to you all.
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