Alfredo,

Fred did not storm out. He had a plane to catch. He just "dropped the
bomb" and walked out. Perception is everything!

Saludos,


René


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At 9:25 AM -0700 10/7/02, Michael Berkowitz wrote:

>Alfredo Rego writes
>
>
>I was at the so-called "Boston tea Party" and my memory of the whole
>thing is not associated with "nefarious" at all.  IMAGE users simply
>gave "feedback" to HP (without HP having to waste one penny in
>"surveys" and such :-)
>
>Nick Demos called me (and a few other techies) before the Boston 1990
>Interex meeting to see if we would be interested in organizing a
>"Special Session about IMAGE" given HP's decision to unbundle IMAGE
>from the MPE fundamental operating system (FOS).  We did and the
>session's unanimous conclusion was to suggest to HP that IMAGE should
>remain bundled with MPE.
>
>Fred White (co-author of IMAGE and at the time Senior Scientist at
>Adager Labs) addressed Bill Murphy (HP's Director of Marketing) from
>the floor and complimented Bill on his tie.  Fred then explained how
>stupid it was for HP to unbundle IMAGE.  Fred continued by describing
>the negative effects in products that depended on having IMAGE on
>the hp3000.  Fred also provided some historic background by relating
>how Ed McCracken (a previous CSY General Manager) had made a success
>of the hp3000 by bundling IMAGE in the mid seventies.  Fred was firm
>but courteous.  No tomatoes (err, tea bags) were thrown.  Perhaps the
>whole "Boston tea Party" legend started because Fred used the word
>"stupid" in public, applying it to HP's management, with no apologies.
>
>I am sure there were other hp3000 colleagues who expressed their
>opinions (I could not be everywhere at the same time, so I can't
>pinpoint other events) but I am willing to bet that no violence of
>any kind happened anywhere.
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>I was at Boston too (how about those welcoming billboards from Digital at
>the exit from Logan), and I recall at the management roundtable Fred getting
>up and more than calling HP stupid was him calling them liars and then
>storming out.  Perhaps I was misinformed.
>
>Mike Berkowitz
>Guess? Inc.
>
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