Funny you should mention this.
There was a news byte on the NBC station in Spokane a few weeks back. IT
talked about a light bulb that has been burning for 102 years and it's
located in a fire station, somewhere in Northern California, I believe.
When you looked at the bulb from the bottom the filament looked like it
spelled O-N 'on'.
The fire station has move the light bulb to a high spot in the station to
help prevent it from being broken.
The final blurb in the story was something to the effect, 'the company that
made this light bulb is no longer in business because of it's outstanding
product line.'
I knew I should have paid closer attention to the story, but I was dealing
with other issues at the time.
Larry B.
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Frank [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] The Real Story About HP's Announcement...
This makes me think of something that someone told me when I was younger
(and, who knows, it might actually be true, but it sounds like an urban
legend conspiracy theory sort of thing) that we currently have the
technology to make lightbulbs that never burn out, but that lightbulb
companies don't want to manufacture them because once your house is full of
these things you'll never need to buy lightbulbs again.
It isn't good for HP's bottom line to make machines that last forever. So
very sad. This mentality encourages mediocrity.
Art Frank
Manager of Information Systems
OHSU Foundation
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>>> John Burke <[log in to unmask]> 12/03/01 08:59PM >>>
<snip>
MPE, IMAGE and the HP 3000 were doomed for the
very reason they were celebrated: they were extremely reliable and
efficient. Customers did not need to upgrade every year or even every other
year.
</snip>
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