Neil Harvey wrote...


>I recently attended the re-launch of H-P in South Africa. H-P "bought
>back" the caretaker company that had been looking after H-P interests
>since they left.
>
>Some speakers from Europe talked through some slides, but there was not
>one mention of MPE, the only operating system H-P really owns.
>
>I had HP3000 customers there, and I had made a point of following up on
>the invites to make sure they didn't miss it. Afterwards, of course,
>they asked me where the HP3000 and MPE featured in H-P's strategy, and I
>was probably fairly unconvincing in my reply. I was too afraid to refer
>the customers to one of the speakers, in case they got an even more
>negative response.
>
>I did raise the subject after the meeting, but there was little or no
>reaction.
>
>I have sent e-mail to the address that Stan gave out, and have asked H-P
>to please begin to include MPE and HP3000 in their publicity, or let me
>know that the platform is being phased out, and some timings on this, so
>that I can begin to work with my customers on an alternative.
>
>And the sad thing is, that all it would take to reassure HP3000
>customers would be to add MPE and HP3000 to a few dozen corporate slides
>(a few minutes work), and for CSY to update these marketing types as to
>the existence and status on the HP3000, so they could mention it in the
>same breath as they do NT and UNIX, Netservers and HP9000's.
>
>That's enough, Neil
>
>Neil
>


Hi all

In support of Neil Harvey and his thoughts on the re-launch of H-P in South
Africa and as a  dedicated  HP3000 user for the last 15 years , I was also
very
disapointed as to NO mention of  MPE in any of the H-P marketing strategies.

I sincerely hope H-P addresses this marketing issue in the future... (what
is the future ??)

My .02 cents worth

Brad Straiton