Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>According to Russ Frantz:
>>
>> The HP3000 is not a growth engine for the company.  There has been a 60%
>> demand for work station sales.
>>
>
>The problem seems to me to lie in what *business* HP thinks it is in for
>*real*. Technical workstations go along very well with all the other EE stuff.
>
>I'm fortunate to have access to HP employees who still respect and know the
>hp3000, but they seem to be a dying breed.  They are replaced by unix types
>that sometimes know what they are doing, but they often don't have the same
>respect for the end-user that MPE types always held so high.  Of course, I
>see the same problem with PC/Netware/Windows/NT, etc.  types - only worse.
>What these types see as acceptable, even "good" work, would have gotten you
>fired on a HP3000 MPE system. If HP is *serious* about pursuing the renewed
>interest in the HP3000 and competing with the AS/400s, etc., it will fix this
>trend ASAP. BTW, I *really* like the new MPE ads.
>
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