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October 1999, Week 4

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Re: Why "HP3000"?
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Mark Wilkinson <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Wilkinson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 Oct 1999 01:17:06 GMT
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In article <[log in to unmask]>,
  Mark Wilkinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here's one for you guyz out there in HP3000 land.
>
> Why do we stick with the name HP3000? To me it sounds like some kind
of
> impersonal part number.

On thinking about it, since the HP3000 and HP9000 are in effect the
same hardware, why can't HP market the "machine" with a choice of
operating systems suited to different markets.. including Linux?

Mind you, most people would plump for HP-UX or Linux "because it's
Unix" but then again, MPE/iX is far more open n'est pas?

FWIW (again)

Mark W.


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