Chris,
Thanks for your posting.  It's good to know something is happening.  I would
only comment that you have perhaps erred in numbering me among the cynics.
I am not yet prepared to assume that HP is not going to be cooperative.  All
I said is that we still don't have any indication from HP about their
intent, and it appears from your post that the silence is carefully
calculated and deliberate.  I always assumed it was.  You described the
extreme care that was taken in crafting yesterday's statement.  Those
efforts were successful if the goal was to produce a statement that doesn't
say anything.  Ted's protests notwithstanding, the most that can be said
about the announcement, in my opinion, is that it triggered this discussion.

Perhaps after this is over you can explain why the need for secrecy is
amplified by the fact that HP is a publicly held corporation.  I don't get
it.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Miller [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OpenMPE Inc. endorsement - My Take


Robert, John, John, Jim, and all other (understandably) cynical MPE users,
vendors, and customers (old and new):

My company has been using and developing with HP for 30+ years.
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HP is a publicly held company that is very careful about public statements.

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