HP is in California.  Microsoft is in Washington state.  Just an observation.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From:   James B. Byrne [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Saturday, September 20, 1997 5:38 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: MPEiX 6.0

As the marketing flack wrote it::

> Time was when you could buy one computer, based on one operating
> system, and use it to solve all your business problems. Those days
> are gone. Just when we've gotten used to the idea of using HP 9000
> systems without HP 3000s, along comes another option: the HP
> NetServer. Based on Microsoft's NT Server operating system, HP
> NetServers were once used only in PC LAN environments for file and
> print sharing. But today, people are using NetServers for commercial
> applications as well. It's time to take yet another look at the
> integration question.

As the world sees it:

Time was when you could only afford one computer (barely) and were
stuck with whatever the vendor could pass off as an operating system,
and use it to create even more business problems than you ever
dreamed existed.  Just when we've gotten used to the idea that HP
9000's run an OS even older and more decrepit than MPE ever was,
along comes another option:  The HP Netserver.  Based on Microsoft's
NT Server operating system (building on sand rather than rock is a
particular tendency of companies based in California I guess), HP
Netservers were once used only in PC LAN environments for file and
print sharing.  Having failed to do either adequately, some misguided
and mal-informed CEO's have decided to prove who is boss to their IS
directors and have pushed these immature creatures on to the backs of
people that have to work for a living.  It's time again to take yet
another look at P.T. Barnum and decide if his immortal line still
applies in today's high tech arena. "Is one born every 3600000 ms?"


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