RE: HP 3000 is dead! Long live the king!

Anyone know the name of a venerable server?
If you do, try it substituted into the
following article everywhere you find HP 3000:

Charly

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/11/14/011114hnhpservers.xml?1114wepm

HEWLETT-PACKARD'S (HP) VENERABLE e3000 server series is being phased out and
will be discontinued in late 2003, the company said Wednesday.

Slumping sales and decreased interest from outside developers, along with an
increasing industry emphasis on open-standard systems, prompted the e3000
series' demise, HP said in a statement.

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The company also is working with e3000 application vendors to transition
their applications and customers to other HP systems and is working with
third-party tools and middleware developers on migration applications and
services.

The e3000 series carries on HP's 3000 server line, launched in 1972. HP 3000
servers run on a proprietary operating system, MPE (Multi-Programming
Executive); current e3000 servers use MPE/iX.

In recent years, customers have demonstrated "a clear preference for
solutions based on low-cost, open platforms," according to a
question-and-answer section at the HP Web site. That preference has meant HP
could no longer generate enough profit from the e3000 line to maintain the
level of investment needed to keep MPE/iX current, the Web site said. The
decision to discontinue the e3000 line is unrelated to HP's planned merger
with Compaq Computer, HP said.



"If you wanna end the war and stuff you gotta
sing loud." -- Arlo Guthrie

For their next act, they'll no doubt be buying a firewall running under NT,
which makes about as much sense as building a prison out of meringue.  --
Tanuki

Charly Jones
253 265-6244
Gig Harbor
Washington USA





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