John Penney <[log in to unmask]> ponders thusly:

> What do we do, send emails supporting Open MPE to hp so that
> can get the ball rolling, huh? Sounds like from George Stachnik
> there isn't the groundswell of support for this approach we all
> (at least on this list) expected?

I can't speak as to what George Stachnik knows or not, nor what he would say
is a "groundswell of support".  I do know there are a lot of people
"interested" in OpenMPE from all facets of the "ecosystem": vendors, users,
and HP itself (to see how many and whom, check out
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OpenMPE)

As to what we can do, my answer is: I don't know.  Beyond what we are doing
in the OpenMPE forum, we really have no clout (that I know of - I've heard
rumors of law suits, but I don't like law suits - the only ones who seem to
win consistently are the lawyers from either, or both, sides).  We are poor,
humble beggars; hoping for some crumbs from the HP table.  Only time will
tell if HP has a sense of "noblesse oblige" and will, as Spike Lee would put
it, "Do the right thing".

Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
Email: [log in to unmask]     Therm-O-Link, Inc.
Phone: 330-527-2124                         P. O. Box 285
Fax:   330-527-2123                           10513 Freedom Street
Web:   http://www.tolwire.com          Garrettsville, OH  44231

I WANT MY MPE!

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