Fred points out that the HP9000 has a well maintained, fairly usable
Config Tool on the web, with prices to boot (PU:))

Now, it's my understanding that the HP3000 shares a common hardware
platform with the HP9000, so surely, all that has to be done is to add
to this webapp and maintain options for MPE?

HP could probably save millions of dollars if they rationalised pricing
and part numbers where these were identical, and even start calling the
systems the same name - HP3000 979KS/400 vs. HP9000 979KS/400 - I can
understand that naming convention.

Sell the hardware and software licenses separately, then all these
strange anomalies, like three identical SureStore DAT 24's with
different part numbers and different prices (one for NT, one for UNIX,
and one for MPE) would fall away.

Just a thought.

Neil Harvey


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Metcalf [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 1998 11:31 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      HP Online Buyer's Guide - Reply
>
>       [log in to unmask] 2/16/98 said:
>      > 9000!  What happened to the "configuration tool" for the 3000?
>      > Anybody seen it?
> and John Hornberger replied:
>      Try the following URL:
>      http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpwebcat/frame_compare.pl/hp3ks
>
> John,
> That is the 'Comparison Tool'. The HP3000 'Configuration Tool' seems
> to have
> disappeared. Compare the HP9000 'Configuration Tool' at URL:
> http://www.hp.com/hpwebcat/ch_hp9ks.html
> I wonder if low usage of the Configuration Tool was used as the reason
> to stop
> maintenance. I'm starting to learn how big corporations think ;-)
> Best Regards
> Fred Metcalf
> Hewlett-Packard, Cape Town, South Africa