> Two years ago I wrote a system for him that allowed his
> company to leave a franchise and go out
> on their own.   He chose the HP3000 because he was familiar with it's
> reliability, ease of use and knew
> we could develop a system in a fairly short amount of time
> (we had worked together before).
>
> And earlier this week he was telling me that perhaps there
> might be another firm interested in this
> same system and he is going to demo it next Tuesay, the 13th.
>    Now he is wondering if on the 14th
> that will be a moot point?

If I gave you a $50 bill subject to the proviso that you to bet it all on
one of the following:
 1) Your software/hardware combination will be fully functional ten years
from now
 2) His company will exist ten years from now

which one would you bet on?

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