Gentlemen:

You're comparing apples to oranges, in this case automobiles, mechanical in
the most part and computers, electronic for the most part 8~))...

John M  Penney
Department of Licensing
State of Washington
Olympia, WA
(360)664-1392
(360)586-1919 (Fax)
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"Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my employer..."

> ----------
> From:         Mark Boyd[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Mark Boyd
> Sent:         Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:51 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] Ann Livermore's comments
>
> Amen.  Detroit stopped making cars in the 60's, and the dipstick sits in
> the
> office down the hall.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Scott [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Ann Livermore's comments
>
> My GM wasn't nearly as reliable as ANY HP I've worked on. Lets give HP
> some
> credit here. I agree with the size analogy, but my '98 GM could not be
> fixed
> in less than three visits to a dealer for anything. My HP on the other
> hand,
> runs day-in, day-out without even an oil change. (Where is the dip stick
> anyway?)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Stigers, Greg [And]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ann Livermore's comments
>
>
> X-no-Archive:yes
> I would be interested in knowing who got a response from Ann Livermore...
>
> OK, the ads say "HP invent". And MPE is the operating system that HP
> invented.
>
> IBM is giving us AS/400 ads with the guy who played Command Sisko. So pick
> a
> (military?) leader, either from TV fiction or the real world, and give us
> some commercials that put MPE up there as a solution. I kind of like Colin
> Powell for this.
>
> Or (perish the thought) HP could NOT copy IBM, and do some truly original
> ads, or even just continue the ones with Carly. But make it clear that you
> rank up there with IBM, are closer to IBM than you are to Sun. HP is a
> Chrysler, a Ford, a General Motors. Sun is a Hyundai, a KIA.
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
>