Ted causes me to do a re-take.

> > ......  Just my personal take, I don't see "mpe4ever" as
> > being nearly as "emotional" as the other two....
>
> To me it sparks images of nostalic meetings between old
> friends who might well neither know nor care about "reality".
> It sounds like we'd be plugging MPE even if it could never
> hold its own against another OS.

you know.....  Ted's right.....

> I like e3000.org or inventedbyhp.org. In fact, I really like
> the last one.

I'll ditto what Ted likes....    even if the HP Legal Eagles decide
they have a problem, by the time that all gets sorted out they
can have it and use it with our blessing.....     ;-)

> And I *don't* think that time is of the essence in this case.
>  We have one shot at this thing--let's take the time to make
> it count.

I agree we don't want to do a sloppy, half-baked job on this;
there is little doubt in my mind that it is indeed a "one shot"
thing...  but I also do not discount the significant synergy and
"multiplier effect" of being able to distribute copies of the WSJ
with this ad at HPW.  Doing it by HPW is not an absolute
requirement, but IMO we should try pretty hard before we give
up on that....  for right now let's see how the contributions come
in;  results of that should give us a good feel pretty quick;  on
whether this has a realistic chance of flying or not...


FWIW, if anyone is interested:  Through the generous efforts
of usual suspect Michael Gueterman of Editcorp, I have
managed to get my BETA WSJ ad up outside our firewall.  The
Snowy Owl graphic may or may not be in there yet, but use a
little imagination if not, and take a look if you want at:

http://www.editcorp.com/wsj/kens-ad-1.html

Yes:  I know the layout needs some "polish";  remember:  This
is still BETA rough draft;  and I'm worthless as an artist...  :-)
.....  And of course already there are a couple changes that
need to be made:

(1)   As Denys reminded us, HPW - Chicago '97 was the
25th anniversary party.  HP 3000 is now 28 years old (think I
would stay with the "28" instead of "over 25 years ago", but
either is O.K. by me.

(2)   www.e3000.org  ,  not  www.mpe4ever.org   (and yes:  I
really DID mean to put the URL at top of second column, next
to Carly's name (sort of stealing Stan's minimalist idea ("click
if you dare";  and merging that in).


One question I got via private email:  *IF* something like my
above beta (or Wirt's version, for that matter) ends up getting
the go:   The reason(s) for including the Owl in the ad are:
????

The real work and email overload has gotten bad enough that
while I really like the Owl and the "Who Knew ??" (if nothing
else because of:  The visual appeal;  it's a good symbol;  and it
makes the reader think)..   But confess I am hard put to come
up with a precise recollection and rendition of other reasons for
including the Owl;  given the current state of the ads (whatever
that is).  Can anybody concisely recapitulate "why the Owl" ??

Ken Sletten