Words of wisdom from the main man....

I will always remember the great WP for his inspirational words from the
HPWorld 2000 podium that the HP3000 is alive and well. Or was that when the
laptop died and we saw smoke and mirrors.

LOL


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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Another shameless blatant plug for my
HPWorld 2003 presentation


After not liking the post from Jerry Fochthman ....

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:00:20 -0700, John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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>So I was stunned at what I perceive as a personal attack on me
-snip-
>An attack that is full of innuendo and half-truths.
-snip-
>However, that said, I'm going to take the high road

But just 3 days ago, unprovoked, John Burke wrote:

>I'm sure Winston Prather will be in attendance as he is now the VP and
>GM of the High Performance Computing Division, a very high profile
>group indeed.  All those attending should ask Winston for career
>advice. After all, here is a guy who took what was once the flagship
>division of HP's computing efforts, a division with deep roots in
>HP's entry and success in computing, and apparently so f***ed it up
>that the product line has been cancelled and the division closed down,
>yet he ends up as a VP and GM of a very high profile division within
>HPQ.

John,

Since you were looking for career advice....I would say "learn what the
HIGH ROAD looks like, and yes, then take it!"

Winston (ROTFLOL) Prather

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