On Tue, 21 May 2002 10:54:31 -0400, Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> The challenge is on.  Users of the hp3000 computer have produced
>> lots of good material.  Can our hp friends now come up with something
>> better than "ecosystem"?  :-)
>
>Sorry for being a little dense and late, but are we talking about the
>interrelationship of HPaq, the developers and the users?  Do you not like
>the biological reference?  There is more and more biological references in
>computing and we'll be seeing more as we move away from silicon to living
>computers.

Hmmm, appropriate biological references with regard to migration from MPE
bring several terms to mind: throwback, inbred, handicapped, stale,
polluted ...

Well, you get the idea. :-)

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