In message <[log in to unmask]>, J Dunlop
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>See :
>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1226054,00.asp
>Cheers,
>John Dunlop

I'm most intrigued by:

"However, the Enterprise Systems Group lost $70 million on $3.71 billion
in revenue. HP officials said the losses were due in part to the launch
of the company's Integrity line of Itanium-based systems, investments in
management software and a decision to accelerate the Alpha processor
transition to Itanium."

Buried between the rock and the hard place of the two Itanium mentions
is that 'investments in management software'.

So; is it SAP that's single-sourcedly affecting the bottom line of a
$3.7bn division?

Or is it that the cost of moving its control systems off the HP3000 is
breathtaking, even for the instigator of the need to do this in the
first place?
Enough to make up a significant slice of a $70m loss?

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