Greg asks:
> Here's a fun question. Given the assignment to examine
> productivity and cost
> efficiency in your (HP 3000) shop, what would you examine?

I'd examine any non-3000 systems laying around first.

> 1.  Is it possible to integrate or consolidate 3000s? Are there two where
> one larger box would be better? What would the tier upgrade costs be for
> such consolidation?

Conversely, would replacing a large box with two smaller boxes, or
augmenting an existing box with another one provide improvements in
redundancy or other advantages such as splitting development off onto a
small box where development tools are cheaper.

> 3.  Is there any shelfware, products licensed that are unused, or
> underutilized?

And if so, investigate whether the cost savings for dropping support on that
tool actually out weigh the advantages of keeping it, since you've probably
already invested a lot of money in it.  Try to make the best use of the
tools you've purchased.

> 8.  Do you need to arm your IT personnel?

   http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/LART.html

G.