CSY has indicated they will participate in serious discussions regarding MPE being taken over by another entity that wants to continue with the product past 11-1-03 AND port to IA64 as part of the plan. The HP people involved in the discussions are those that can decide, say YES and do the deal. Plans are to continue MPE on the 9000 line and to complete the port to IA64, and have a seemless transition even to the point that after 11-1-03 you'll continue to call HP Support for hardware AND software with the software support calls directed to the new organization. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *