At 06:04 PM 8/16/00 -0600, Cortlandt Wilson wrote:
>The BUT is that it still doesn't ask for what we want.   How about:
>
>"Carly, HP e3000 users worldwide passed the hat to pay for this ad.
>We are talking about the HPe3000.   What we want to know is - why
>aren't you?"


How 'bout:  ".... We are proud of our HPe3000 and want to talk about
it.  What we want to know is - why doesn't HP?"

I like this, as well as the more direct, to the point approach of

"The HPe3000, invented by HP, is strategic to our business. Is
it strategic to HP?"