[Info-vax] FWIW: HP to spin off PSG?

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:
> OK, So Apotheker wants to build a clone of SAP, get HP to buy/develop a
> suite of enterprise applications/software.
> 
> But can he do this without a database engine ? Or will all development
> efforts be focused on x86/linux ?


If he's really smart a hypothetical future HP would be
hardware, OS or even DB agnostic. SAP doesn't care much
what's under the hood, although often enough it's
x86/NT/Oracle or combinations thereof.

> 
> His recipe for going enterprise applications is not yet complete. We'll
> have to wait for some clarification on database engine and what OS will
> HP focus on.