Thus it was written in the epistle of Wayne Brown,
> How about those of us who believe HP *is* the problem, and that getting as far
> away from them as possible is the best solution?

That depends on whether you also want to get as far away from MPE as
possible :-/.

> (Yes, I'm in an especially cynical mood today.  Your survey does have merit
> for those who want to continue working with HP.  However, it doesn't cover my
> situation, which is that of a formerly *extremely* loyal HP customer who now
> opposes doing *any* business with them ever again.)

But if we want MPE, we *have* to work with HP to get it.  I know that the
survey doesn't have

  We needed to know answers to some if not all of the above questions long ago
  in order to effectively move forward with our platform strategy.  Lack of
  decisions in these areas has completely removed our desire to remain an HP
  customer.

But you could at least enter a "need to know immediately" vote.

Ted
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says b, he means c; but it should be d.
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