Sending them back with a great big "MPE/iX is our operating system of
choice" written in might help get the message across.
Richard
Gary Jackson wrote:
>
> Alfredo-
>
> I, too, was taken aback by the lack of mention of MPE/iX. This conference
> began was originally ONLY for HP3000 users.
>
> I put the dollar bill in my wallet, and I'm thinking about whether or not to
> send in the form.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: F. Alfredo Rego [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: HPWorld 2000 Attendee Survey
>
> I just received an envelope from "Exhibit Surveys Incorporated".
> Being a good citizen, I started filling it out but I immediately
> stopped, dead on my tracks, on item 25-1:
>
> Operating Systems/Platforms:
> Mac OS
> Windows
> UNIX
> Linux
>
> Did Denys design this survey?
> (It contains Mac OS as the FIRST selection :-)
>
> Anyhow, I stopped right and there there and wrote, in big red letters:
>
> No MPE/iX mentioned. Forget your survey.
>
> ________________________________
>
> I then continued to glance at the rest of the survey.
>
> Question 5c: Also, indicate if you use any of these companies's products
> EMC
> HP
> IBM
> Oracle
> PeopleSoft
>
> Question 6 asks you to evaluate three things:
> Personnel
> Exhibit
>
> Theater
> Raising your interest in company's products (no mention
> of raising the overall exhibit-hall noise level :-)
>
> Then, the standard demographic questions, etc.
>
> ... The survey seems oriented to satisfy the big & noisy booths.
>
> Any other victims of this survey? (Not that I want to initiate
> a survey on the survey :-)
>
> --
>
> _______________
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> | r | Alfredo [log in to unmask]
> | e | http://www.adager.com
> | g | F. Alfredo Rego
> | a | Manager, R & D Labs
> | d | Adager Corporation
> | A | Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000 U.S.A.
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