I should resist . . . but I can't!

On Wednesday, October 01, 1997 12:09 PM, MIKE DOBIES [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
wrote:
> There is one thing I failed to mention
> in this email and have been reluctant to face! And that's, that I may not
> have an HP3000 a year from now.:( (Not my decision!)  That is why costs
are
> such a factor in my posts!  Managements arguments are why put so much
money
> into something you plan to phase out within a year.

I worked at Circuit City Corporate for seven+ years.  When I arrived, my
first boss showed me a memo, which itself was six years old.  It was a
reply to his request for budget for some MPE utility program.  The reply
said, in part "Is this a wise investment since we will discontinue using
MPE systems next year?"

Fast-foward to 1997 (15 years later), and guess what . . . MPE systems are
still there. 99x class (except for development) and still supportting their
national parts invetory and service claim processing (or at least that was
the case when I stopped in for a visit last June).

So fear not Sir Mike the Management Slayer.  The MPE systems may be there
longer than you.