John Dunlop wrote:

> Why can't HP sell the same hardware at the same price regardless
> of the badge? Yes, I know, all the marketing folks will go on about
> how competitive the Unix/NT market is as compared to the HP3000
> market but a box is a box. If HP really want the HP3000 to continue to
> succceed they should seriously look at aligning the prices for HP9000
> and HP3000.

excellent question!  fwiw -- i just asked why i was paying almost 50%
*more* for support for my 9gb disc drives when compared to the support
costs for the *same* drive when it's installed on a unix system.  i got
the standard 'it's more expensive because there are fewer mpe machines
than unix' reply.  it's a friggin' disc drive!  oh oh -- i know -- if i
lose a (mpe) drive, i'll slide it out of the enclosure, go 'install' it on
a unix system and then call it in -- yeah, that's the ticket
<sigh>               - d

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