Sounds like HP had a bunch of unsent promotional material
that was never used and now they need to clear their shelves.

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Burke [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Promoting the HP e3000
> 
> 
> I seem to be getting more snail mail promotional pieces about 
> the HP e3000
> in the last 2 months than in the previous several years 
> combined. Too bad
> the same marketing zeal was not applied while the HP e3000 was still
> breathing on its own and had a chance to survive.
> 
> While I'm at it, it would be nice if CSY would stop 
> rationalizing about the
> decaying ecosystem and own up to the fact (which many of us 
> have been saying
> for years) that HP signed the death warrant for MPE when 
> (10-12 years ago)
> it marginalized the HP 3000 as a niche platform and started 
> promoting HP-UX
> as its only general purpose operating system offering.
> 
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