Why no RPN option?
Message #3 Posted by Paul Brogger on 29 Oct 2002, 9:08 a.m., in response to message #2 by Ellis Easley I’m sure niether the cost of the IC’s themselves, nor the cost of RAM is a determining factor. It’s no doubt the costs of developing (software) and of adequately testing, documenting, and supporting a whole different “mode of operation” that will prevent such an option from being made routine. HP may have some code that has worked for several implementations, and they might even be willing to share it with another manufacturer (don’t hold your breath!), but that manufacturer would likely have to nearly double the software development, testing, documentation and support budgets in order to make the option available to a relatively tiny fraction of the potential market. Even piggy-backed on the creation of an AOS device, RPN no doubt doesn’t look to decision-makers like a very profitable enterprise.
