Good grief!  How low did they set their quota expectations?

Phil Anthony
Director, System Resources
United Video Satellite Group
918-488-4059
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sletten Kenneth W [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 1998 2:22 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Report 3000 made 700 % of sales quota in 1st qtr
>
> Subscribers to the 3000 NewsWire will already know this
> if they have checked the April '98 "Online Extra Update".
> But this is such a noteworthy news item that I trust those on
> 3000-L who have already seen it will bear with me for repeat
> of this excerpt.  Forwarded with permission from the 3000
> NewsWire:
>
> > > Since the HP 3000 division finished at 700 percent of quota
> > > for the first quarter by some unconfirmed reports,  ....
> >
> If true, this is a fairly amazing and very encouraging statistic
> for the renaissance of the 3000.  And while HP may not have
> officially confirmed the above number, being the publication
> that it is I expect the NewsWire would not have printed it
> unless they felt they had a pretty reliable source.
>
> Any chance HP would like to confirm or deny ??...
> ;-)
>
> Especially given the recent news about "below expectations"
> earnings for the most recent quarter for HP as a whole, this
> certainly seems like something they would want to include as
> a bright spot in the next HP corporate annual report....  Given
> previous incarnations of that PR document, confess we're not
> exactly holding our breath....  but we live in hope....
>
> Ken Sletten