From SIGWeb :)

Andreas writes,

> I do not have HP insider knowledge but
> * APACHE (and not Netscape Fasttrack) will be shipped with MPE/iX 6.0 and
> also supported, as far as I understand the communications arround this
> subject,

Yes, Apache is the server which will be shipped on a PowerPatch of 6.0.  An
Alpha (but very usable) release of 1.3.3 can be found at
http://jazz.external.hp.com/

> * APACHE is widely used on different platforms and has a good
> support on the web,

Only the most widely used web server used today, followed by Microsoft's
Internet Information Server based on the latest statistics from 1998, I
believe compiled by DataQuest.

> * ODBC and other methods for data warehousing and e-commerce
> are available for HP3000's as well (but not all for free),

Apache will not work with ODBC - it uses CGI scripting (executables or Perl
scripts) to do its database work.  ODBC can be used with Cold Fusion and
other web application servers, but these servers have not yet been ported to
run under MPE.

> * MPE/iX is not a dead end!

Absolutely not, but I'm not going to start beating the drum just now, as it
could go on for pages.  Rest assured that your HP3000's can operate in the
Internet arena, in the E-Commerce arena and still run your mission critical
operations that it's been running for the last 25+ years.

> And I fully agree that it's better to access the original data (in a safe
> manner) than to extract data to a Micro$oft NT or whatever machine -
> nothing is older than an data extract of a live system!

Pulling data from a 3000, "sneakernetting" it to another machine, is
early-80s technology.  It's always best to get it from the source :)

Sometimes, for security or performance reasons, data is made available
elsewhere, separate from the source.  I just wanted to add that before
someone else does.  MPE users are a conservative lot for the most part and
it's now, that they are starting to go after the technology that Unix users
have had for years, that's also available under MPE.

Best Regards,
Joe Geiser (SIGWeb Chair)

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