Brian writes:
> I am reasonably sure that if some entity "took over" MPE,
> they would also
> take over the revenue stream that has apparently been invisible to CSY
> (support).  Most of the vendor community already realize that
> in the long
> run, it is the support revenue stream that you live on.
>
> If there were 30,000 systems each paying $1,000 per month
> then that is a 30
> MILLION dollar per month revenue stream.
> If there were only 5,000 systems each paying $500 per month,
> .... well you
> get the idea.

Not all systems are on any support and some use third party support.
Revenue would be lost by HP and the 3rd party supporters too.

> On the other hand, they would lose the revenue from new
> system sales which would presumably still fall to HP.

Does this new entity care about losing low-margin commodity sales?

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