Joe Geiser wrote:

> Actually, with all of the HP Team Members subscribed here, either contributing
> or lurking, and the fact that HP Management DOES see this material, it seems to
> me that HP does recognize HP3000-L/comp.sys.hp.mpe as a legitimate users group,
> albeit an electronic one.
>
> Engineers, Managers, Executives from CSY do read this material -- from
> Cupertino, Palo Alto, Bangalore, Bubblegum (Germany), and all other areas of
> the world.  Many enhancements and fixes get hatched here - which again, makes
> this a legitimate and recognized venue :)

What Joe said. However, Interex still has the monopoly on "advocacy" to
HP for the HP3000 Users until an official HP channel is sanctioned
through this list, IMHO. I asked earlier if anyone from HP would stand
up and take the bat. Interex can still be an advocacy channel, just not
the only one. This list includes a number of HP3000 users who, for one
reason or another, do not belong to Interex and I believe that this
number is growing for the reasons listed by Wirt and Stan earlier. Given
this situation, the list will eventually become a more representative
sample of the HP3000 community and Interex can concentrate on
Conferences etc.

Cheers,

John Dunlop

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