Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!news@exicom From: news@exicom.oz.au (placeholder for future) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Uniplex probs Keywords: Uniplex, HP-UX 6.X, short vs long file names Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 90 14:23:17 GMT Expires: 30/06/90 Sender: David le Comte Reply-To: davelec@exicom.oz Organization: Exicom (Aust) Pty Ltd Lines: 32 We have had trouble with Uniplex since it was installed. The basic problems are that the Database system doesnt work at all, the pick and point system doesnt work, and the tapes dont work. Also using some aspects of the spreadsheet system causes the software to crash. After a lot of sleuthing, I've managed to track the bug down to the software (apparently) having trouble with our filesystems being "long name" vs "short name". It seems as though the binaries were compiled for earlier versions of HP-UX which didnt support this option, and they havent bothered to recompile them for the later versions of HP-UX which do. These guys are jerks! Uniplex in UK, nor local agents seem particularly interested. Is there anyone out there with the same problem? The only solution any vendor has come up with is to pay (a lot) for the upgrade to Uniplex 7.0. But if they didn't fix this obvious bug in 6.10 why would they bother with 7.0 ? We have got a quote for Quadroton Software. Before sending "good money after bad", has anyone had problems with it? They dont have a database system but we really only need the WP and Spreadsheet system anyway. Any other OA packages anyone would recommend ? The local HP guys recommend Uniplex, but their attitude is that MPE is a _real_ operating system, and HP-UX is for bimbos. Thanks in advance. David le Comte