A "carefully contrived marketing manoeuvre", I don't think so.
The damage has been done.  There is nothing HP can say or do that
will bring back trust and confidence to where it was before the
announcement.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Bender [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 8:33 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HP e3000 Migration Survey


On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:48:07 -0500, Richard Gambrell
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>"F. Alfredo Rego" wrote:
>
>> People have obviously been thinking very hard (and writing very
>> hard) on the subject of the future of MPE/Image.
>>
>> Could this whole thing be just a clever ploy by HP Marketing to
>> get the good word out about the hp3000?  I have NEVER seen so much
>> ink (real and virtual) dedicated to the hp3000 in all of my years
>> of association with the platform.
>
>Even if not a plot, perhaps HP/CSY should now obviously reverse
>it's decision based on the grand level of interest in MPE
>and thus jump off this high point in market awareness to leverage
>it to reestablish the e3000 as a viable business.
>

Say, doesn't Coca-Cola come to mind here? Just look how Coke "Classic" has
thrived since the announcement it would be discontinued. Hmm, maybe it is
just all a carefully contrived marketing manoeuvre...

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