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So we HP-loyalists could have our Coke and OJ too?

The Saturnization of MPE... There's an interesting idea.

I cannot but think that were something like this to occur, as the 3000
started to succeed, Carly and company would find themselves being asked
about the 3000.

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:56 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Why spin off CSY?

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The HP3000 will not get the play in either the trade magazines or in
advertisements that the people on this list want until it becomes either a
highly autonomous division within HP (in the manner that Minute Maid is
within Coca-Cola or Buick is within General Motors) or a wholly-owned,
independent subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard (such as Saturn is to GM). Indeed,
if it does not become this independent entity, I would not expect to ever
hear Fiorina promote the HP3000 outside of the context of an HPWorld-like
meeting. Only after it succeeds on its own would it ever have a chance of
becoming a "strategic operating system" to HP.

Wirt Atmar
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