On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Curt Tueffert wrote:

>
> What I am doing is compiling a list of people who have left the HP3k family, the
> people who are staying, and the ones on the fence.
>
> What caused them to leave or stay?  What would it take to push them off the
> fence?
>

Hi Curt:

Possible causes are:
1. The HP is expensive. Even if it is reliable, the initial cost are to
high, so who wants to save money at once and do no consider the the costs
of downtime, and data losses that buys cheaper computers.
2. The power an d attraction of the new Windoz fashion. When not experts
but bosses decide about the money they choose the blinking, colored
systems owned by other bosses.
3. Stupid marketing policy and unfriendly user support of the local HP
representatives.
                        Cheers,
                                              Frank

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