Michel Gauthier wrote;

> Thanks for the postings. Especially the infos from Mr Martyn, which
> had been confirmed by Oracle support. It had been bad news for me,
> but it's better to have sad and accurate infos than being blind and
> going a wrong way.
Thankyou, at least someone appreciates my desire to be helpful.  And so
far as Europe goes, (on the HP3000) I AM Oracle Support.

> I've been several years into HP3000 (ten)
Catching up with my 16/17 years then ;-)

> What I didn't suspect, is how stable Oracle is on MPE.
That is the positive side of certification.  It may take a while, but
it is worth it.

> (I'd also be glad to hear some development in the MPE vs Oracle8 topic...)
Going back over public information.............

So would I, but remember HP World ?  To quote Ron Seybold on August 7, 1998;

> Harry Sterling only had to answer a handful of questions in the two-hour
> roundtable that capped our Thursday................... One of his more
> interesting replies echoed what he'd told us a day earlier about getting
> Oracle to support Oracle8 on the 3000. Sterling said CSY would continue to
> support Oracle 7.2.whatever, but he'd need a better business case for any
> Oracle8 work.

Oracle on MPE is a joint venture, HP's position is reported above.
So maybe you need to put forward your case as seems to be invited above.

Vince.

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