Or, you could have an HP3000 ad with a clock that reads 4:00 am and someone reading IBM reboot manuals. :)
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Stigers, Greg ~ AND [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, October 28, 1997 10:52 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: 918PM

But is it personal, and is it a mainframe?

As I understand it, this is not a single user machine, it is a
small-shop or small team machine. And I realize that mainframe is not an
easy term to define, but isn't the 3K really in the mid-range space,
even if it is taking business away from mainframe vendors? It's a great
term, and catchy and all, but is it accurate? Is this the impression we
would want others to have of a 918PM?

<donning flame suit>
I just had a sad thought: an AS/400 ad showing someone at work at night,
pouring over HP manuals, and the clock on the wall says 9:18, and the
caption says something like, choose the wrong development platform, and
you'll be there until 9:18PM. Now, we KNOW that this isn't true, but...
if we want to see more HP 3000 ads, then we might want to give this some
thought.

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>From:  Ken Sletten B894 C312 x62525[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Monday, October 27, 1997 6:49 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: [HP3000-L] 918PM
>
<snip>
>And remember, far as I recall
>Cortlandt Wilson gets credit for first coming up with the
>"Personal Mainframe" moniker;  that's really the key phrase.
>........  And I'm not eligible for even early-out retirement for a
>couple years yet....    :-)
>
>Ken Sletten
>