Hello Friends:

I just wanted to alert the 3000 community that our report on 3000
training is getting hijacked over at searchHP.com -- the Web site
that makes a living out of reposting what other news sources write.

The 3000 doesn't show up much in searchHP.com, aside from a few
very-well-known technical pages provided by HP and its partners. But
this week they've boosted our story about training options for the
platform, lifting it off our free news site -- and then spinning the
story with a phony headline and summary that make the 3000 look
pretty bad.

It's like discovering those curbside address painters who come
through your neighborhood are spraying graffiti on the front of your
house. Who are these searchHP guys, anyway? I wish they'd contribute
something to the 3000 community, if they want to be in the 3000 news
business.

This kind of stunt violates copyright in the US, and makes us a tool
to searchHP's journalism antics. Such cheap disregard for copyright
and accuracy isn't what the NewsWire is about. We want to make it
clear we are more concerned with truth than drama. Our story's
headline reads:

Training options stretch to meet demand: New university, online
options help provide MPE skills

Then I began the story with this sentance: "A computer platform less
well-known than others is getting more options to introduce IT
professionals to its details, as third-party firms bolster HP's 3000
education offerings that are playing catchup to customer demand."

Once the story got the searchHP spin, it sounded a lot worse. Their headline:

IS HP providing adequate training for the HP 3000? Some users think not.

SearchHP led with this sentance -- one they had to pull from our
fourth paragraph.

"Some companies are considering moving away from the 3000 because
they can't find qualified people for the platform and they can't
afford to train new people coming on board."

SearchHP's editorial spin doesn't reflect either our reporting or our
analysis. It just follows the old journalism crutch of reporting
trouble, and ignoring balance. Our point in our story is in our lead
sentance -- that new 3000 training solutions are emerging, just as
customers complained about the options available.

We've asked searchHP to change their Web page, but they haven't yet.
It's probably as hopeless as trying to get spam out of your mailbox.
Come to think of it, I guess there is a direct link between spam and
searchHP -- they're both noise masquerading as news.

--

Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief
The 3000 NewsWire
Independent Information to Maximize Your HP 3000
http://www.3000newswire.com
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