Cortlandt writes:

> 1. Let me suggest that we clue the folk is as to who this
> Carly is.
>
> Carly Fiona
> CEO, Hewlett-Packard

I like it, though she'd probably prefer her name spelt

  Carly Fiorina

:)


> 2. The message still seems a bit too clever and indirect - all
> of which can easily come off as sounding sarcastic or
> passive-aggressive, etc.
>
> How about adding something like:
>
> "With all the new features your company has added to the HP
> e3000 in the last few years we are wondering why spokesmen for
> your computer division rarely  acknowledge that the MPE/iX
> operating system or the HP e3000 platform even exists?"

...except this comes off (to me) as whining, which is likely to
attract scant few readers.


Separately, Stan wrote:

> I suggest an almost entirely blank page, with:
...
>          Carly, click here if you dare:
>
>                 www.ilovempe.com
...
> Then, on the homepage of www.ilovempe.com we'd have the suggested
> letter, plus signatures/URLs.

I like this idea much better, since (among other reasons) a page of
*clickable* URLs sure beats a page of *need-to-type* URLs.

Still, the "if you dare" part alerts my spider-sense ;) so that
if I go to the page at all, it's with skepticism on high.

No doubt there are as many opinions for the wording are there
are would-be wordsmiths.  (This is one reason why I hesitated
joining in the thread at all.)

That said...

How about combining these?

   To  : Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard
   From: Your loyal HP e3000 users
   Re  : The industry's best OLTP system

   Please see

   www.ilovempe.com

--Glenn