HP: The world awaits your answer..... > ---------- > From: Simonsen, Larry[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Simonsen, Larry > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 12:33 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: HP3000's Future? > > In my opinion the thing that kills 3000s is not time but os upgrade > complexity. The manual for version 6.5 upgrade is about 1" thick. Can I > give this to a plant manager who currently just changes the tapes for each > nightly backup and ask him to upgrade the os? No way. For his NT server > it > is put in the cd and update. As a result of this systems go on older and > older version of the OS and then die. Why can we not make it simpler to > patch and update systems? > > ------------------------------------------------- > Larry Simonsen Phone: 801-489-2450 > Flowserve Corporation Fax: 801-491-1750 > PO Box 2200 http://www.Flowserve.com > Springville, UT 84663 e-mail: [log in to unmask] > ------------------------------------------------- > All opinions expressed herein are my own and reflect, in no way, those of > my > employer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham, Robert [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 1:25 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: HP3000's Future? > > Man, this is a little bit like asking God to examine the books! > > In my humble opinion, the HP3000 has survived everything HP could do to > kill > it (short of coming simply ceasing production) for one reason and one > reason > only...it is quite simply the most stable and friendly business computing > platform extant today. No one has yet built anything that can compare. > NT? > fugedaboudit! IBM? The AS400 came close, but no cigar. The 9000? Closer, > but still no contest. > > The HP3k is like that silly little rabbit...it just keeps on going and > going > and.... > > Having said all that, I also believe the HP3k's days are numbered. It > isn't > sexy and new and glitzy, despite HP's silly attempt at hipping it up by > jumping on the "e" bandwagon, and can't shake the "legacy" attachment > (what > the heck does "legacy" mean, anyway? Old?). > > Be a darn shame when it disappears, but then all us "old" things die off > eventually. > > Bob Graham > Director of Applications Programming > > > "...for I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds..." - Quotation from > the "Rig Veda" that occured to Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, 5:29:45 am, > July 16th, 1945, Trinity Site, New Mexico. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Keefer > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 12:57 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: HP3000's Future? > > > I was just wondering what your opinion of the future of the HP3000 series. > I have been on it since 1977 and truly love the system. I have seen it > decline in the 90s as it was replaced by "better" systems (mostly > client-server). In the past year, I have seen 4 companies reverse > direction > after discovering that client-server is slow, unreliable, and high-cost to > maintain. Amisys is the latest. They have dumped there non-HP version > due > to lack of interest from customers. I just wanted to hear other people's > feeling for the future. > > Thanks, > > Randy Keefer, Consultant > [log in to unmask] >