Donna,
     They won't layoff the MPE support people until after HPWORLD, they
couldn't possible handle the heat.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Garverick [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:58 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] HP RUG's
>
> "Vivino, David" wrote:
>
> > We are all dealing
> > with these same issues.  The reason most folks are planning to migrate
> away
> > from MPE is that HP won't support it any longer.  Pretty sound
> reasoning.
> > They think the risk is too high to plan to stay with MPE over the long
> haul.
>
> there may not be much we can do these days regarding advocating for mpe --
> but
> there's one thing that i feel we as a community need to raise bloody h*ll
> over.
> mpe support people at hp are being laid-off at alarming rates -- right
> now!  i'm
> greatly concerned that within another month or so, when we call in for
> help,
> we'll be back to the situation we had a couple of years ago when the
> response
> center didn't have enough (knowledgable) mpe people to handle the
> call-load.  i
> think we all remember trying to explain to the call takers what mpe was!
> this
> is absolutely unacceptable!  next week is the perfect time to get hp's
> 'ear' and
> tell them that the response center and backline groups *must* be
> adequately
> staffed.         - d
>
> --
> Donna Garverick     Sr. System Programmer
> 925-210-6631        [log in to unmask]
>
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>
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