I'm sure Deck Booger meant no harm, just plain fun, in nicking Winston's
name.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Fochtman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal
>
>
> At 11:43 AM 3/8/02 -0500, Douglas Becker wrote:
> >If Hewlett-Packard [and particularly Winnie Prather] wants
> to redeem itself
> >in the eyes of the HP3000 community, it can remove the mechanism to
> >artificially inhibit the A-Class Processors and allow them
> to run at 400
> >megahertz.
>
> Unfortunately, this will not happen.  HP has made it clear that it is
> related to their price/performance curve and has an impact on
> a variety of
> other items and as such, will not be changed.  It was their business
> decision to make, and I suspect they have more data that led them to
> this conclusion than they can disclose.
>
> Also, even tho we may disagree with this decision as well as
> the decision to
> discontinue the HP3000, we are professionals and should
> continue to treat
> each other as such even though there are disagreements.  Inappropriate
> remarks and name-calling only serves to lower one's
> credibility, not to
> help influence change.
>
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