Hardware is one thing and software is the other(no mess, eternal like our
soul).

Key factor is cost  of Seagate Soft ware Driver for HP 3000 vs. X86 (NT,
Win9x).

X86 OS has millions users, even hardware vendor write driver for Software
Vendor.
In otherhand HP 3K has to write code and maintain it for Interface between
Hardware
vs. MPE OS plus overhead.

In 70, One of my friend who design memory chip, and he said to me.
First Chip cost is Million dollar, but next Chip cost is less than dollar to
reproduce.

So, more popular mean less software cost. or perhaps, we could contribute
bug free
Seagate driver to HP 3K MPE to reduce cost?

Cheers
Peter C.

Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Larry asks:
>
> > Just reviewing our HP support contract and I find that for a 4 GB disc
drive
> > we are paying over 500.000 per year.  At that rate we can purchase 9 GB
> > drives every year and still be ahead.
>
> I can understand why the support cost is high ... it would be similarly
> ridiculous if you had, say, a toaster on support.  It costs a lot to
> support something, just because of the human time involved (regardless of
> the cost of the hardware itself).
>
> None of our external drives are on support.  I just bought a new
> 18 GB Seagate drive for $700 (plus $50 for a box).  That's kind of hard
> to justify paying support for :)
>
>
> Support question:  if a an HP 3000 "chassis" is on support, does that
> include the internal disk and internal DDS?
>
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