Glenn after Steve,
In looking at the article, it's very true that MPE wasn't mentioned, which
is a shame.
In looking at WRQ's website, HP is very much mentioned (albeit, not first in
the list). According to the datasheet, viewable in HTML and PDF formats
(I'm looking at the PDF version), support for IBM Mainframe, AS/400, HP,
Unix and Digital hosts; for all Java-enabled servers; multiple desktop
support; Java=based APIs, accessible via Java, JavaScript, VBScript and
HTML.
The whole datasheet can be viewed at
http://www.wrq.com/products/dsheets/rvdata.htm - the PDF format requires the
free Adobe viewer at http://www.adobe.com if you already don't have it.
Regards,
Joe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn J. Koster, Sr. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 12:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Reflection EnterView Software review...
>
>
> Ms. MacVittie,
>
> This morning I received a link via email to your article on the
> Reflection EnterView software from WRQ. I am a little disappointed in
> the article. It is my understanding that the EnterView software will
> also work to connect to HP 3000 systems - the bread and
> butter of WRQ's
> Reflection series of terminal emulator connections. For you to have
> ommitted a reference to the HP 3000 system tells me one of several
> things:
>
> 1. WRQ has forgotten the customer base that brought them to
> where they
> are today;
>
> 2. You have done an incomplete analysis of the product and
> consequently
> your journalism skills need to be updated;
>
> 3. You, or your editors, have a bias toward certain platforms which
> detracts from the quality of your work and renders it useless.
>
> My experience with WRQ over the last (too?) many years indicates that
> they are not about to make the mistake of many other vendors
> and forget
> the customer base that is most important to their continued success.
> The HP 3000 platform is not only a valid platform for many successful
> companies, it is a growing platform in many ways. For further
> discussion (and possible future article information?), please
> peruse the
> notes regarding the MPE/iX platform that can be found in any
> news reader
> under "comp.sys.hp.mpe".
>
> Since it is not logical to assume that RWQ is the source of the issue,
> than I assume that it is either with you, as an author, or your
> editors. Please let me know. Many anxious MPE sites await your
> response!
>
> One of the current problems with the mainstream press, including IMHO
> "Network Computing", is an inability by most of authors and editors to
> accept MPE and the HP 3000 platform as a viable platform for any "real
> computing". This is too bad, because the MPE/iX platform is a robust
> operating, open operating system that is powering a
> tremendous number of
> truly successful IT shops.
>
> Glenn J. Koster, Sr.
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