I am afraid the nasty rumor is true.  HP will discontinue the HP 3000 due
to a move away from a proprietary operating system and a slow decline in
the HP 3000 business.

Hp will stop selling the 3000 on 10/31/2003 and end support for the
platform on 12/31/2006.

They are getting teams in place to help current customers migrate from the
3000 to 9000s or Netservers.

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I try not to spread rumors but this one came to me from a usually
reliable source.

He claims to have gotten it from two reliable sources that are totally
unrelated, one inside HP and
the other a large user.  (I know, "a friend of a friend.......)

Anyway the rumor is that Carly will announce next Wed (Nov 14), the
discontinuance of the HP3000 line.
Production to cease in 2002.
Support to end in 2007.
Anyone else hear this?  I am inclined to think NOT, since no one has
posted anything about it yet, and this
group is not known for sitting on things.
I find this very hard to accept, and I really don't want to start a big
hubbub (is that a word?), but like I said, the
source is usually pretty reliable.  Of course he could be playing me for
the biggest dupe of month.

Any one care to comment?

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