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Re: OT: After The Vote: HP/Compaq Unix Server Plans
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"VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" <[log in to unmask]>
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VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
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Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:56:58 -0800
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CSY, like many businesses, has a budget.  Our budget covers marketing,
R&D, finance, and misc. expenses.  Payroll is our highest expense,
AFAIK.  The size of our budget is directly related to our current
and forecasted profit stream.  This doesn't seem so surprising
to me...

 Jeff

...
> Do I read that correctly, that the real problem with the
> HPe3000 was not
> the sales# but that CSY is lacking the staff to get MPE to
> run on newer boxes?
> So the best interest might have been HP's best interest
> (find, keep and pay
> highly qualified MPE-developers) and not the customers.
> Very interesting indeed.

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