Stuart Wrote:
<'bubbles' snipped>
>I love it. Three years ago another division within the City of Columbus
>decided to purchase AT&T computers over HP and are regretting it immensely.
>Four years ago when asked if the HP3000 could handle a billing system that
>would have more than a half million customers, I responded with an
>affirmative no problem. I wonder if I should have slapped them across the
>face to accentuate my enthusiasm. Then again it would have probably had the
>effect of 'A Clockwork Orange' and the Pavlovian effect would occur
>everything they would come in contact with an HP3000.
>
>Sorry it's Friday.

The appropriate time for 'slapping' is when they bought the AT&Ts over HP3Ks
in the first place. Then the 'Pavlovian' effect would have enforced a
positive reaction to HP3000s. :-)

Remember... timing, like appearances, is everything.

Glad it's Friday.

Steve Weisbrod
Beechglen Development Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio. USA