Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Here is a first cut, simple and to the point.  To say much more
>would take away
>from the impact of the message.  I am sure when she gets this message she will
>make inquiries as to why she got this message.
>
>
>From: Some concerned HP World 2000 attendees
>To: Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company
>Date:  1972 to September 2000.
>
>We want to respectfully inform you that we exist.
>
>We are among HP's most faithful customers and have been for a very long time.
>
>We are users of the HP e3000, running the HP invented Operating System, MPE.
>
>Our motto is "MPE Forever."
>
>Signed:


Very nice first cut.  The economics are also appealing :-)


Ted Ashton <[log in to unmask]> then added the mathematical angle:

>Dear HP,
>   Thank you.  Thank you for inventing MPE.  Thank you for giving us 25 years
>of worry-free computing.  The operating sytem you invented is top-notch, but
>many folks don't know about it.  Please tell them.  For your good and ours.
>Thanks again.
>
>Signed,


Why did I said that Ted "added the mathematical angle"?  I know that
Ted has a nifty script that magically adds deep mathematical thoughts
to his signature.  But I suspect that he might have manually done
this for this special occasion:

>The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that
>men will begin to think like computers.
>                         -- Harris, Sydney J.




Once we converge on the optimal text, I know a calligrapher who can
do a good job...

The last thing we want is to give Carly a "yet-another computerized card"
(that would be just another yacc :-)


Lexically yours,

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