OpenMPE director agitates for action

HP replies with a statement pledging its desire to work

An OpenMPE board member has published a letter urging HP to “free MPE” or face a boycott of its products by customers. HP issued a reply to that Ken Sletten letter — a statement from HP’s 3000 business manager Dave Wilde saying the vendor is still working on helping its customers who must remain on the platform.

Sletten posted his 10-page letter on two Internet mailing lists December 21, just as HP was closing its doors for a holiday hiatus that extended through January 2 for many of its executives. In an HP reply written for the 3000 NewsWire, Wilde said he and others in HP remain committed to working on post-2006 solutions for customers who must use the 3000 and MPE/iX beyond HP’s support.