Alan Yeo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>What I think is needed is a campaign to inform the management of 3K
>sites that they made a marvellous decision to have an HP3000, and what
>an unsung hero it is.
>
>And to take this beyond the talking shop stage, We are going to do it
>here in the UK.
>
>We are going to put together a personal mailshot to be sent to the key
>directors of all the 3K users we know about in the UK. The aim is to
>promote all the good things about the 3K, after all as a third party we
>can say the things that HP finds it difficult to say publicly except to
>the converted.

Good for you!

The subject of this thread says it all as far as a top-level executive is
concerned:
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        No News is Good News (if the common News is BAD News)
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>So folks, we need some input. If any of you have seen any good quotes
>about the 3000, Image, Software, Application Sales etc. over the last
>year or so, can you please send me a copy or let me know where we can
>find it.

An excellent beginning is HP's very own purchase of OpenSkies (whose
world-class airline-oriented software is based on HP3000 business servers
running IMAGE databases for top-notch OLTP performance and reliability).

Have a look at their web site -- a little obnoxious in terms of cookies but
otherwise quite good:

        http://www.openskies.com/

In fact, when I visited the OpenSkies folks a couple of months ago, we
talked about the thing that a top executive wants the most when she flies:
"No News is Good News (if the common News is BAD News)".  In other words,
an uneventful flight is the best flight (even if you are a test pilot :-)

How many of the top-level executives in your mailing list would prefer to
fly using the barnstorming airplane du jour that requires an onboard
mechanic?


>Also we are open to any suggestions as to what you think might make a
>senior manager sit up and take notice of the 3K, and we need more than
>warm fuzzy...

Senior managers are sensible people and they will listen to sensible cases
which are well presented.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the challenge is in: Does your company have a BETTER
case than OpenSkies?  If so, please let us know so we can help you present
it to the right audience!  (Consolation: Even if your case is not up to the
lofty -- no pun intended -- standards of OpenSkies, as long as you do a
VERY GOOD job with the HP3000 you are eligible :-)


As a token of our HP3000 appreciation, I will be pleased to send a
collectors-item Adager MemoCube to submitters of the best APPLICATION
entries that use the HP3000 as the business-critical IMAGE database server
(whether homegrown or commercial, whether you develop them or use them).

I will help myself to an Adager MemoCube for having come up with OpenSkies.
To borrow an expression from Jim Sartain (of IMAGE/SQL Labs fame and now
R&D Manager at OpenSkies), this was a no-brainer :-)


Way to go, Alan!

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