But I think that the point (of many disgruntleds) is that HP has been a
lousy partner over the past few years (opinion only), and in light of that,
what assurance is there that they're going to improve?

At 07:27 AM 5/7/02 -0700, Duane Percox wrote:
>Ron, the esteemed Seybold, writes:
>
>>Hello Friends:
>>
>>Duane Percox wrote
>>
>>>So, I say to all of you who are demanding HP solve your
>>>problems: YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME WAITING...
>>
>>He also said he heard an HP ISV realizing "HP wasn't in business to
>>make us money. They were in business to make [HP] money."
>>
>>This is a point that customers and ISVs ought to care about.
>>
>>HP making money, and it's ISVs making money, are not as separate as
>>Duane seems to suggest.
>
>I don't think I did a good job of articulating my main point, which
>is that hp's job is sell products which people buy and not to
>solve any particular isv's problem.
>
>I have taken hp to task many times over the last 20+ years I
>have been using the hp3k as a preferred platform for not supporting
>the hp3k enough and not providing enough support for the isv.
>And yes, if you are a particular isv who needs as much help as possible
>and prefer that environment then you should look seriously at all
>the choices out there in the marketplace. The choice on platform
>for an isv is much more than vendor support however. It also is
>'the platform' which you have to find worthy of using for your
>applications in the first place.
>
>[snip]
>
>duane
>
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Sincerely,

John Lee
HP Account Executive
Vaske Computer Solutions
Minneapolis, MN
952-844-0054

We sell, service, support and integrate HP 3000/9000 and related hardware,
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