Joe CAMPBELL ([log in to unmask]) wrote: [...] : Quite frankly, how can I be sure that this isn't some : ploy on HP's part to scare their customer base over to MPE/iX 5.0? Call : me a "doubting Thomas" if you will, but do you see my point? No I don't, and as a 25-year HP employee and 18-year HP3000 labbie I take this sentiment as a personal insult. I would hope (but don't know) that Donnelly_Corporation doesn't do business this way, and I can assure you that HP does not. Of course, if you believe otherwise you are free to take your business elsewhere. Then you'll have a new whipping boy to insult gratuitously. -Larry "Mike P. didn't tell any of *us* either" Byler-