Barry Durand <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>This reminds me of a recent event.   I went to upgrade a client's
>site from 5.0 to 5.5 and the client mentioned that he had only been
>there since January and this was his first experienced with MPE.
>While I was doing the upgrade and shutting down and bringing it
>back up he was watching me very closely.  It was then that he
>mentioned that he  *never* brought an MPE system down before
>(except during a training class at HP).
>
>Seven months (most likely longer) without ever crashing or being
>brought down.  Even I was impressed!

Seven months is not bad, when you are accustomed to common
run-of-the-mill platforms (such as Unix and all flavors of Windows,
not to mention names).  But the norm for HP3000 computers is much
longer than this.


>I know that I am preaching to the pulpit, but if word of this got out
>to managers of other systems!!!!

Or to Corporate HP management?  They would then mention these minor
technical details casually in polite company with great pride.

Hmmm... I may have to escape for a few minutes from Moscone next week
in San Francisco to go into town and buy myself a 3-piece business
suit with shoes to match, just in case a VIP Corporate HP Manager
comes to take a break at the Adager Sanctuary and Human Refuge (err,
booth), where I will have this e-mail handy :-)

Some of my technical friends may not recognize me, and I may suffer a
slow death by suffocation, but it's an intriguing thought.  I'll
sleep over it tonight and, if I don't wake up in a cold sweat, I may
actually do it.  Or then, again, I may get cold feet and stay with my
"Proposition 3000" shirts.  Oh, the agony of choosing clothes to
match the intended audience :-)

Sartorially yours,


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