It actually wasn't a bad presentation.  At a bit over an hour it was a
little long (IMHO), but not bad.  They even managed to get in about how HP
is committed to binary compatibility and how with the release of IA-64,
HP-UX will play nice with NT and Linux in the Superdome.  Of course, not a
mention or even a hint of MPE, but they did seem to have a good time bashing
IBM and especially Sun.

And if I ever hear the term "Spank" again relating to a computer it'll be
too soon.

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Gary L. Paveza, Jr.
Technical Services Manager
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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Tracy Johnson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Tuesday, September 12, 2000 1:20 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        [HP3000-L] SuperDome Announced at HPWorld 2000

        Forgot to add a subject line to earlier version of this, sorry.

        After the opening intro speech, there were a series of
        5 to 12 second testimonial clips by various CIOs that seemed
        to be cut off in mid-paragraph.  Although none were cut
        in mid-sentence you got the feeling that some of their
        statements "could" have been taken out-of-context.

        This was followed by another speech with a video of the
        unveiling of the SuperDome product.  It appeared on video
        from behind a fog shroud.  My first impression was
        "The chips are burning!"  (Which I said aloud a got a
        small chuckle from the surrounding attendees.)

        At that point I was called away by a beep(buzz).  Payroll
        again...

        Tracy Johnson
        Justin Thyme Productions
        Sponsors Empire on the HP3000 at:
        http://198.190.228.6/