I totally agree.  No matter how much we may dislike it, the fact remains
that CSY is able to produce the e3000 with its level of quality and price
due to its existing relationship with GSY (I know, old terminology, but
it dies hard :).  If CSY were spun off on its own, this relationship would
at best be weaken'd, or at worst disolved entirely.  I think we need to keep
hammering for better market exposure and not simply marketing to the
existing customer base.  Money begets money, and until HP starts pumping
a lot more of it into marketing the e3000, it will never explode into the
hearts and minds of new customers as it has with the existing customers.

Regards,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
http://www.editcorp.com
voice: 888-858-EDIT (3348) -or- 573-368-5478
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In article <[log in to unmask]>, Rick
Gilligan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I heard an interesting rumor about some cutback in the number of people in
>HP Marketing.  That worries me a bit.  The good news is we might get some
>new people who might not know that HP has been stealth marketing the HP
>e3000 for years.
>
>Our original slogan for the t-shirts for HP World was to suggest that HP
>spin off CSY ("Let the Owl Fly Free!").  Read near the end of my message
>as to what I think we should do on this subject.
>
>After some reflection I think we should be careful about suggesting a
>spin-off of CSY.
>
<very good reading snipped>