Cupertino, Cupertino... Why do I recognize that name? And why isn't HP
in on this deal? Why wouldn't they want to jump on this bandwagon, if
they are 'doing' Java?

And for the two or three dozen list members that aren't at HP World ;-),
here's this story, from the mouths of... um, yes, well. I find it ironic
that someone is questioning HP's commitment to HP-UX... Now, what do we
have to do to get MPE, a POSIX 2 compliant operating system, to be
called 'open' instead of 'proprietary'? Isn't this the best of both
worlds, a box that supports * both * an open standard, and components
that are highly optimized for that box?

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>_____Netscape To Write Pure Java Browser_____
>Netscape announced yesterday at the Java Internet Business
>Expo in New York that it will develop a 100% Pure Java
>version of its Navigator Web browser, aimed at Internet
>devices such as Sun Microsystems' JavaStation, for release
>early next year. Also, Netscape Communications teamed up with
>Sun and IBM to announce the opening of a Java Porting and
>Tuning Center in Cupertino, Calif.
><SNIP>
>____HP Pledges To Stick By Its Own Operating Systems____
>Hewlett-Packard pledged yesterday at HP World in Chicago that
>its own operating systems are key to its product strategies,
>despite an aggressive push of the company's Windows NT-based
>systems in recent months. HP has been working hard to
>strengthen its multi-operating system marketing message,
>particularly since executives at rival Sun Microsystems have
>publicly questioned HP's commitment to its Unix operating
>system, HP-UX. "A multi-OS strategy is becoming more relevant
>to users and more of a strong point for HP, and a
>disadvantage to Sun," says Rich Belluzzo, VP and general
>manager of HP's computer organization.
>
>Belluzzo adds that the company has no plans to put out to
>pasture the 25-year-old HP3000 line, which is based on the
>proprietary MPE/iX operating system, despite constant
>speculation about its future. HP says it will soon deliver a
>32-bit tool called OBDClink/SE that will enable Windows-based
>applications to access Image/SQL and Allbase/SQL on the
>HP3000.
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