Doug Werth ponders:

>I know someone who's production application is Oracle based. The only use
of
>Image/SQL databases is by utilities like Predictive and some third party
>software. What would happen to these applications? Would they no longer
run?
>There are substantial savings in deleting the Image/SQL license and they
are
>seriously considering it. I just don't want to see anybody shoot
themselves
>in the foot.
>
>So, on a system ordered with MPE/iX only what do you get? Or more
>importantly, what don't you get? Is the license option for the "SQL"
portion
>of Image only or for the entire DBMS?

This is the crux of the matter that lead to the "Boston Tea Party" back in 
1990 (I think?).  The fact that you could have an HP 3000 computer
somewhere 
without Image on it puts a severe restriction on third-party software 
developers.  As I recall, HP made the committment to not do what you say
thay 
have done:

>- option 810 Image and Allbase
>- option 910 IMAGE/SQL only
>- option 900 MPE/iX only.

It was supposed to be a "delete option" only, that is, you would get Image 
by default and must request it be deleted explicitly.  But, things change.

Anyway, since the expectation of the ISV's back then was that you would 
have nothing on an MPE-only box, I would expect that you would not be 
able to run any application that relied on Image if you ordered the 
option 900 above.

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