At 07:02 AM 8/30/2002 -0700, Duane Percox wrote:
>Ray wrote:
>
> >Duane writes:

<snip>

>My complaints about hp marketing go back 21 years. However, the fact that
>a company fails to execute a good marketing plan for a product doesn't
>affect this discussion other than to point out that they didn't do the
>best job possible (in our opinion).
>
>I fail at many things I try as well. I do give them (hp/csy) credit for
>trying and they have always behaved honorably in my estimation.

I couldn't agree more although the "Finlander marketing (cold dead raw
fish)" goes back 30 years.  Now that I think about it, they have always
forced users to discover the cold dead raw fish rather than place a sign in
the window.  A cynic might think that CSY only wanted people who knew what
they were doing to discover the hp3000, it reduces support costs.  I
suppose that HP finally realized that the Jeff Vance's (the CSY team that I
have so much respect for) of the CSY world would make awesome contributions
in other areas and that it makes more sense to focus their best resources
on the "most successful" markets rather than spread themselves thin on a
somewhat stagnant market like the hp3000.

Business is business, we had a great ride but the ride is coming to an
end.  When you step off, you will feel a bit dizzy for a while but
eventually you will regain your bearings and move on.



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