George states:

        Well actually, it fits pretty neatly.  Before HP would let us
announce plans
        to phase out the hp e3000 and the MPE/iX operating system, we had
        to make sure that there would be hardware available with enough
processing
        power to carry customers through the next five years.   That's why
we
        introduced the a-class and n-class last year, and why we are
introducing
        performance "kickers" to those systems now.


George, I'm assuming that this discussion went on *after* you spoke to all
of 64 bits and foreseeable futures?

Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon

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