It said: "older" , older than what? Okay so MPE/iX still has this "older" and "proprietary" labels attached to it. Can't they discribe Unix as ancient and with some indication that everyone has a different version? Glenn Koster <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:9bhku00dvq@enews2.newsguy.com... > In a story that appeared in office.com's "Individual News" pages, MPE is mentioned in the same breath as UNIX and Linux. Thanks HP (and office.com - specifically Charles Babcock!). The article actually appears on ZD-Net with an April 15 dateline. (See: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2708000%2C00.html) If ZD-Net starts picking up on it, you now it's only a matter of time before the main stream press gets it since they "control" so many of the computer publications now. > > The appropriate paragraph is as follows: > > "Looking to increase its Linux market share, the HP sales > force and resellers will offer Enhydra to buyers of HP's > Intel-based Netserver line. HP will also bundle Enhydra > with the open source Apache Web server in its WebWise > suite for buyers of its HP E3000 [sic] server. The two lines > would cover much of the HP customer base, since E3000s > run HP's older proprietary operating system, MPE/iX. > Enhydra has been ported to both MPE/iX and HP's version > of Unix, HP-UX . " > > What's even more amazing is that a similar article (and wording) appeared in an article on the "Business Wire" with a April 9th dateline. See: http://wl.office.com/search.oc/document/view?docid=1.tnews.CMTX2001099B4881& licensor=Comtex > > (sorry about any wrap...) > > Glenn Koster > Quintessential School Systems > Developers of QWEBS (www.qss.com) > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *