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And to think up until about 6 months ago I was actually a sysadmin on one of the Ones made back in the mid 1980's (HP3000 Series 950) It wasn't even Y2K compatible.....just used it for historical purposes (i.e. history lookups) >From mid 1999 till 6 months ago while we ported the data. No one in my company knew what we could do with it....besides me....after We ported the data over to our AS/400....so we ended up melting it down :) Jim Norbut Systems Administrator Grubb & Ellis Company Phone (847) 753-7620 Fax (847) 753-9854 -----Original Message----- From: Charly Jones [mailto:charly301@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:41 PM To: midrange-l@midrange.com Subject: 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?1114 wepm 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. <SNIP> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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