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Subject:	Re: Trying to track down a quote from a former HP exec
From:	Alan Yeo <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Alan Yeo <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2013 23:07:49 +0000
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In message 
<[log in to unmask]>, Jack 
Connor <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Yes, Mark hired me in '78 in King of Prussia, then went on to create 
>the HP Services org...  Good man.  He changed support from a sales give 
>away to a recurring revenue stream with a real support plan/model.
>
>jack

Unfortunately it was that model that killed investment in the Software 
that sold the HP3000. As I understand nothing from support revenues was 
ever reinvested back into the software that drove the sales and support 
revenues.
-- 
Alan Yeo
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Phone +44 1684 291710   it doesn't mean someone isn't!.
Fax   +44 1684 291712

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