[geeks] HP's squandering

[Eric Dittman]

> > It also occured to me that if you want to be really pedantic, HP is 
> > squandering not 2 but 5 architectures... with at least 3 of current 
> > commercial value.... all on Itanic II
> >
> > 1. PA-RISC
> > 2. Alpha
> > 3. NonStop (ex-Tandem) (MIPS)
> >
> > --------
> >
> > 4. VAX
> > 5. HP-3000 (mpe)
> >
> > Whee...!
> 
>    Are they discontinuing the HP-3000?  Last I heard (which admittedly 
> was a while ago) it was still going strong.

HP has announced end-of-life for MPE.  The HP-3000 systems
will no longer be manufactured, but they are just HP-9000
derivatives.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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