On Sun, 18 Feb 1996, Nick Demos wrote:
 
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> From:   Stan Sieler[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Friday, February 16, 1996 9:47 PM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
> Subject:        IPROF topic: HP3000/7xx
>
> Well,
>
> How about it...should this (putting MPE on the 9000/7xx hardware)
> be an officially scheduled topic at IPROF?
>
> Don't think it would be of use UNLESS HP says it is a possibility, even if remote.  I see the problem as involving the cost of the software.  I cannot believe HP wants to develop a low cost solution (at a low profit margin) and then practically give away the software besides.
>
> MHO.
>
> Nick
>
>
> --
>
That's true; but one would hope (perhaps vainly) that HP would be
forward-looking enough to see that taking a small loss on the low end
could mean _large_ profits on the high end when people realize what's
available.
 
MHO, too!
 
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