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February 2002, Week 4

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Michael Baier <[log in to unmask]>
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Michael Baier <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:36:29 -0500
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I think, that I read that even the 3000 sales were up and the best ever. At
least in the beginning of 2001.

Guess HP wants to be a cheap-printer and ink company. That's were the profit
is.
No strategy for a multi-platform system/company/database.
Why would HP sell the HPeloquence only thru HP-Germany and not name it
IMAGE/SQL and sell it with HP-UX and make a Windows-Version.

Who knows? Maybe the task is to difficult for HP.
Hard to get/keep good and qualified people. They cost money.

just my usual .02 cents (EURO or US-$)
Michael


On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:18:49 -0500, John Korb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>IBM has a new ad campaign promoting their DB2 database as THE
>multi-platform database, with support for Windows, Linux, AIX, Solarix, and
>HP-UX.  Their "FREE download" page is at (watch the wrap):
>
>http://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/db2udbdl/db2udbdl-p?S_TACT=100PKW2H&S_CMP=c
ampaign
>
>
>I've hit the ad 5 times so far this morning.
>
>Then I see the headlines on one of the tech news sites that IBM server
>sales in Asia are up and that IBM's market share in Asia is now twice that
>of its nearest rivals, HP and Sun.
>
>Boy, killing the 3000 and forcing migration sure is coming at an
>interesting time.
>
>John
>
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