Yes, that's another way to express what Wirt Atmar suggested a while ago,
before 11/14 I think ... spinning out CSY.

I basically supported the approach, exceptfor one single point. The only
concern I had at the time, and that remains valid today in retrospect, is
how to dsign a sufficiently and inherently reliable business model, to
ensure such an organization can sustain itself into profitability for the
foreseeable future.

Remember, history tells us that one-product organizations have never been
successfull, like one-hit wonders have never remained on the charts for more
than a few weeks.

Better be Bruce Springsteen (3 decades, and still counting) than some
obscure 16-year old chick who's gonna be long forgotten even before she's
fully cashed her royalty check.

Christian


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]De la
> part de F. Alfredo Rego
> Envoye : vendredi 31 octobre 2003 20:50
> A : [log in to unmask]
> Objet : Re: [HP3000-L] World Wide Wake
>
>
> At 10:00 -0800 10/31/03, John Burke wrote:
>
> > <<Big snip>>
>
> >I will never forgive <<big snip>> [HP] for not allowing MPE/IMAGE
> >to try to have a life outside HP.
>
>
> I am quoted on Interex's web site expressing John's feelings in a
> slightly different way:
>
> http://www.interex.org/cgi-bin/yabb1/YaBB.pl?board=hpwnews&act
ion=display&num=1067532155

(mind the wrap)


"When HP announced that it was no longer in HP's best interest to
continue with the hp3000, my reaction was one of joy. I believed
that -- once HP was out of the hp3000's way -- MPE-IMAGE would be
able to prosper "under new management"."

"HP, unfortunately, had other ideas.  <<snip>>"

-- F. Alfredo Rego, Adager.

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *