Sletten Kenneth W KPWA <[log in to unmask]> wrote

>Ted continues the galloping thread(s):
>
>  > I'm with Alfredo.  Simple.  Elegant.
>  >
>  > ..... I'm wondering if it would accomplish some of what Ken
>  > and Gavin are wanting without detracting to add a P.S.
>  >
>  > Dear Carly:
>  >
>  > We like the HP 3000 that Hewlett-Packard
>  > invented 25 years ago so much that
>  > we took out a full-page ad in
>  > The Wall Street Journal to tell you.
>  >
>  > Signed,
>  > MPE users worldwide
>  >
>  > P.S.  Your turn next.  Tell them how it
>  > runs their online retailing and their
>  > credit unions and sells them their
>  > airline tickets.  Tell them about
>  > http://www.hp.com/go/3000.
>
>Already we have a considerable improvement over Alfredo's
>original, IMHO...      ;-))

A *big* improvement, in fact!  But please remember that it was not MY
original, by any means.  It was just an encapsulation.


>... I toss back a slight mod of Ted's mod;
>for the "bottom half / two-thirds / whatever of the page":
>==============================
>
>P.S.  Your turn next:  Don't be bashful
>about telling everyone how the HP 3000
>uses MPE/iX and Image/SQL to run their
>online retailing and credit unions, and
>sells them their airline tickets.  Tell them
>about  http://www.hp.com/go/3000.
>==============================
>
>  > Right, but we want to strike the balance--we can lose our
>  > audience with too little just as well as with too much :-(.

An optimizing mathematician at work, I see :-)


>....  yeah:   Ted's "Your turn next" was cool....

Way cool.

Of course, having URLs that direct people to HP's web coverage of the e3000
is perfectly acceptable (and very desirable).  I still think it would be
counter-productive to have a bunch of vendor URLs.  As I mentioned a few
days ago, HP's web site is doing a GREAT job including the e3000.


Way to go, HP's WebMistresses and WebMasters.  You are at the head of
the new wave.

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