A lotta good stuff from Ken Sletten... then

>Here's my $0.25 addendum:
>
>1.  I hope we won't hear the "Our customers haven't been
>asking" response from HP on this question again;  clearly
>we are beyond that stage.

Absolutely...and given the fact that HP and Microsoft are discussing CORBA
and COM/DCOM issues makes it all the more reason to be looking at MPE/iX as
well as HP-UX.  After all, MPE can play in the sandbox just as well as HP-UX
in most respects.

>2.  I agree with everything Duane said, and second his
>challenge....  I'll go so far as to ask Kriss Rant if he might
>be good enough to give 3000-L some thoughts on this.   :-)

...and I would love to hear Kriss' response :-)

>3.  The "detractors of the HP3000" that Eric mentions are
>clearly wrong:  The 3000 is alive and well right now.  But that
>doesn't mean there are no remaining concerns for the future.
>Just knowing "if" on CORBA / DCOM would be a major move
>in the right direction, even without knowing exactly "when".

Sometimes, just knowing that the pot's being stirred is enough.  The "when"
can come when the recipe has been perfected...but don't let it be too far
down the pike... the "squeaky wheels" will want to see it in the
not-too-distant timeframe :-)

>4.  If we are voting, our site would pretty clearly say "DCOM".
>We will never be anything other than a 100 percent Windows
>world on the client side....

Again, given that HP and Microsoft (and other vendors) are looking at
CORBA/DCOM integration (there was a great writeup in last week's issue of
InfoWorld about this), then the goal should be just that, integration.  If a
shop is all Windows, then DCOM should be supported.  Got a mix of Unix and
Windows?  Then these machines should integrate.  Remember, the computer
isn't a "box" anymore...but the NETWORK...  the information can come from
anywhere, and the end-user dosen't give a darn where, just so long as it
comes from somewhere...  this is where CORBA and DCOM come in...

Best,
Joe

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