John Burke wrote:

> In the case of FrontPage Extensions, I've had similar conversations with CSY
> for the past two years. For many people, a window of opportunity has been
> missed. Are we going to be saying the same thing about e-speak in a year or
> two? Another missed opportunity for CSY and the HP e3000?
>
> In this era of IT moving at "Internet speed", there is no time for CSY's
> development model. If CSY continues to wait until the customer demand
> reaches some critical mass before embarking on new technologies, it will
> continue to be too late to the party.

amen!!

fwiw, sig sysman asked csy, at last year's hpworld, to change their business
model to something quite similar to what john just proposed.  (not meaning to
steal john's thunder...but trying to throw in some extra weight :-)

mpe *will not* survive if the 'capabilities' that other os have are not
available until csy acknowledges a 'customer need'.  rather, try using the
'build it and they will come' philosophy.

           - d

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