In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:
> Mark Wilkinson wrote:
> >
> > Not at all for 2 reasons. First, according to Ron Seybold's HP 3000
> > Newswire article, it is only being offered to registered HP Channel
> > Partners. Second, it will only have an 8-user license. Each socket
> > connection to a web server would count as a user under the current rules. I
>
> I agree with your assertation that the 918DX might not make a great web
> platform, but it would be quite suitable as a web development platform.
Socket connections do *NOT* count as sessions. Neither do batch jobs; nor
does the console. Only interactive sessions (telnet, VT, or DTC port
sessions). :DSLINEing back to the local system and creating a "new" session
counts. There's a detailed discussion of what counts and what doesn't in the
HP3000 FAQ (at www.3k.com).
[As a user with an 8-user 917lx system that handles thousands of SMTP/POP/
GOPHER/FTP/HTTP(WWW)/other socket connections per day, in addition to 8
logged-on sessions plus a console session, plus 5-10 concurrent batch jobs
at any given instant, I think I can state the above authoritatively! ;-) ]
The 918DX would make a wonderful web server, but that's NOT what it was
created for. Since you have to be a "developer" (i.e. in the official HP
developers program) to get one, you won't see the "end-user"/public
snapping them up and making web servers (or otherwise) out of them. Hopefully
we *will* see (even modestly financed) developers snapping them up like
crazy... and hopefully we'll see more "and the HP3000" on lists of supported
systems in software release documentation.
A 2 or 4 user (mini-server) system for end-users might also be a nice
offering, and would make wonderful web servers and batch OLTP systems -
and they'd be just a bit (lot?) more secure than you're run of the mill
NT or Unix server...so who knows? With Java, Netscape's server, Perl, G++,
Samba, and a really hummin built-in OLTP database with ODBC hooks all
included with every box, if the box was priced competitively with other
netservers, I think it might just catch on!
-Chris Bartram
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