Guess thats why they pay you the "big bucks"!!! "" "HP doesn't see the need to make a decision this year, said David Wilde, HP's e3000 business manager, who stressed that the company must act in "the best overall interest" of the e3000 user base. Wilde said a decision to license the source code might prompt some customers to replace their transition plans with an alternative that may not meet their needs, simultaneously hurting HP business partners that provide migration services. "We don't help anybody if we do damage to that overall value chain," he said. " I take this to mean "If we make it easier for people to homestead on MPE, they will be unlikely to migrate, perhaps to our HP-UX systems which will lose us money". How can concern about damaging the "overall value chain" really be serving the best interests of the HP3000 community? "" I've been living in Texas for two and a half months. We are still doing house fix up but the worst is over. Patty is still waiting for me to finish a spice rack. And the lawn is starting to need attention.. Cheers Steve Macsisak 972 422 2038 * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *