At 12:13 PM 2/7/00 -0800, Gavin Scott wrote:
>I note that www.hp.com/go/e3000 doesn't work, which I would have thought
>would be an obvious thing to set up.
>
>It appears that it's currently impossible to buy an e3000, since the "Where
>to buy" link on all of HP's pages takes you to a page that lists one
>distributor for the 3000 (Client Systems) but when you click on the link you
>get an error.  The page is also erroneously titled "HP LineJet Printers".
>
>I followed the links to the HP Advisor articles, but was still left feeling
>unsatisfied.  I found the updates product detail PDFs, but don't have the
>time right now to try to figure out what's different.  I guess I'll try the
>NewsWire again later.

YES!  Another case of the shoemaker's children.
If I were competing with HP in the "e" marketplace, one of my best sales
aids would surely be the HP websites (Jazz excluded), they are (IMHO)
disgraceful.  They look pretty, run abysmally slow and anything of real
interest is buried deep and not linked to.  This round is simply the latest
in a long line of amateur attempts, lots of glitzy technology but very
difficult to find anything useful (although if you know the exact URL the
content is usually there) and bad URL's are not uncommon.

<GatesIsMyHero>
HP should look to their buddies at Microsoft or Sun to see how to do
websites and e-business.
</GatesIsMyHero>

Can anyone say cold dead raw fish?  (maybe that should have been their new
logo)

Well, now I do indeed feel better.... ;=]]


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