On Thu, 16 May 2002 14:17:00 -0700, John Clogg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >As has been noted here many times, there is a lot to be said for an OS that >doesn't lock you into a single vendor's hardware and for which there exists >a wide selection of tools and applications. An open, multi-platform OS is >really a good idea. It's just a shame that the industry seized on Unix as >the answer to that need. We can all look forward to the day when a really >good OS will emerge to fill that role. I suspect it will look familiar to >those of us who know MPE. HP blew it big time! What they should have done with MPE is license it to anybody (like AT&T did with UNIX). They would have made more money from the licenses than they ever did from their lousy marketing efforts which carried it to the grave. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *