We could suggest that HP mention the newsgroup in sales material.

F. Alfredo Rego <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> CNET News.com Dispatch reported:
>
> 1. Sun rise greets server sector
>
> Sun Microsystems nudged past IBM in U.S. server
> sales last year, as Big Blue's mainframe revenue fell
> by nearly half. Preliminary U.S. estimates from market
> researcher Dataquest also painted a gloomy picture
> of Hewlett-Packard's server situation: The company
> lost momentum in both units shipped and revenue,
> while all other major competitors posted gains.
> February 13, 2001, 9:25 a.m. PT
> http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eBVM0Gjd60U0aTGV
>
>
>
> The URL contains this tidbit, of interest to those who follow
> the adventures of HP's new "invent" slogan:
>
>     "In the United States, you would expect HP to be in the top
>     three, not No. 5," Hewitt said. He faulted the company's
>     approach of responding to competitors rather than taking a
>     leadership role.
>
>
>
> What can we (the HP e3000 Community) do to help HP?  We have to
> be inventive and we must take a true leadership role, for sure!
> Fortunately, CSY has wonderfully creative people in Cupertino
> as well as in Boeblingen, in Bangalore as well as in many other
> places all over the world.
>
> Go, Team e3000.
>
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