FlashPaper Sept. 2001: 7.5 will be on its way by next year

September 2001

7.5 will be on its way by next year

In several presentations from HP at the HP World conference, managers and engineers referred to the next mainline release of MPE/iX as having a mid-2002 delivery date. HP is numbering the release 7.5, according to one manager, moving away from the “mainline means .0” numbering of years past. 7.5 is expected to have a bundled Secure Web Server in its toolkit, as well as more upgrades to Samba/iX. R&D manager Dave Wilde said that Fibre Channel support, and working with the PA-8700 processors, are next in line for lab priorities. Fibre Channel was promised for end of 2002; PA-8700 chips aren’t yet scheduled.