I think, that I read that even the 3000 sales were up and the best ever. At least in the beginning of 2001. Guess HP wants to be a cheap-printer and ink company. That's were the profit is. No strategy for a multi-platform system/company/database. Why would HP sell the HPeloquence only thru HP-Germany and not name it IMAGE/SQL and sell it with HP-UX and make a Windows-Version. Who knows? Maybe the task is to difficult for HP. Hard to get/keep good and qualified people. They cost money. just my usual .02 cents (EURO or US-$) Michael On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:18:49 -0500, John Korb <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >IBM has a new ad campaign promoting their DB2 database as THE >multi-platform database, with support for Windows, Linux, AIX, Solarix, and >HP-UX. Their "FREE download" page is at (watch the wrap): > >http://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/db2udbdl/db2udbdl-p?S_TACT=100PKW2H&S_CMP=c ampaign > > >I've hit the ad 5 times so far this morning. > >Then I see the headlines on one of the tech news sites that IBM server >sales in Asia are up and that IBM's market share in Asia is now twice that >of its nearest rivals, HP and Sun. > >Boy, killing the 3000 and forcing migration sure is coming at an >interesting time. > >John > >* 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 *