Stan Sieler wrote:
>
> Re:
> > quite so reluctant to "offend their database partners" (quoting
> > HP's EX-vice-president of system technology Rich Sevcik (y'all
> > remember good 'ol Rich:  he was the guy who not that long ago
> > publicly and unambiguously said that HP had "no plans" to
> > password the HP 3000 system diagnostic utilities...  and then
> > shortly thereafter did exactly that) )....
>
> No no...let's not slight Rich's efforts.  He said there were
> no plans *AFTER* writing a memo setting up those plans!
>
Yup, he is the "nice guy" who wanted to pull the plug on Image
and said so at the Boston conference.

Nick D.