Well, I just got my marketing brochure from HP, PeopleSoft, and TSC, aptly
titled "The end of the road?".  If you haven't seen one of these yet, it
folds into a nice little tombstone for the HP e3000.

One of the little marketing blurbs says "Parts, upgrades, memory, all you
need to keep your system running, will be unavailable in about 20 months.
But support will continue until 2006."  So, what kind of support will HP
continue if parts are unavailable?  Or do they mean that HP will have parts
for supported customers only?  If the former, then HP is selling hot air for
support.  If the latter, then it's a veiled attempt to push people away from
third-party support and into HP support, thereby milking the last possible
dollar from the e3000 cow.

Well, it's the end of the road alright, but for our relationship to HP, not
the e3000.

Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
Email: [log in to unmask]     Therm-O-Link, Inc.
Phone: 330-527-2124                         P. O. Box 285
Fax:   330-527-2123                           10513 Freedom Street
Web:   http://www.tolwire.com          Garrettsville, OH  44231

I WANT MY MPE!

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