In article <[log in to unmask]>, Richard Gambrell
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>John Burke wrote:
>
>> My speculation (and it is just that) is there will be no movement
>> forward on Oracle 8 for MPE/iX unless some "A-list" customers demand it.
>> Otherwise, why not lay out the plans?
>
>Makes sense, but we can also hope that with the 're-birth' of the HP
>3000, it will make sense to Oracle to commit to 8.

According to Harry Sterling(sp), HP must pay Oracle to port any new
versions to the HP.  At this point, HP has not committed to pay for that
development.  We are currently using the Oracle Transparent Gateway to
Image here at Nortel.  It seems to work very well but I had having to mess
with the Oracle piece.  :-)

John C. Vestal
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