At 19:41 12/12/00 -0500, Richard Gambrell wrote:
>John Burke wrote:
> >
> > FYI, HP has sold Open Skies (http://www.openskies.com/html/prapress.htm).
> >
>Call me naive, but I actually see this as a positive development for
>both Open Skies and the HP e3000.

I agree.  I think HP has been forcing Open Skies into an HP mould that
doesn't necessarily fit the airline industry.  I'm also very dubious about
HP's foray into service-bureau operations as, again, the use of this
depends heavily on the market conditions in particular industries in which
HP has no experience.  Marketing has never one of their strong points;
their strength lies in their engineering excellence.

On the other side, if a competitor to Open Skies emerges, as is quite
possible, they would never have used an HP machine because of HP's conflict
of interest.  Now, at least, HP (and even the e3000) will be back in the
running again.

The cobbler should stick to his last.

John D. Alleyn-Day  [log in to unmask]
Alleyn-Day International Ltd.
Alleyn House, 15 Green Place, Oxford OX1 4RF, England
Tel: +44(0)7020-939408; Fax: +44(0)1865-200256
3 Friars Lane,  Mll Valley  CA 94941-3723  U.S.A.
Tel: +1-408-286-6421  http://www.Alleyn-Day.com