At 01:42 PM 10/4/02 -0600, Larry Simonsen wrote:
>this helps me remember the hp support manager.  i do not remember his last
>name but his first name was mark.  he was involved with the transition from
>MPE/v to MPE/iX and made the bold statement that hp would support MPE/v as
>long as you wanted to run it.  he was killed in an accident shortly there
>after.  i think there was even a yearly award to the most helpful hp
>service person named after him.  sounds like Dave Wilde could be the same
>kind of an advocate.

The man's name was Marc Hoff and he helped form the group that maintained
MPE/V for many years.  Unfortunately Marc died of cancer.  Following his
death, the Interex HP Employee of the Year Award was renamed to the
Marc Hoff Award, for he supported a lot of HP engineers going the extra
mile to help HP users.





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>  From http://www.3000newswire.com/FN-AbbyAnalyze-02Sept.html
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>September 2002
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>The buck stops in LA
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>Abby's Analysis
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>Dave Wilde is a brave man. While other HP executives were
>giving lip service to the words "character" and "integrity,"
>Dave was living them at this HP World, the first face-to-face
>meeting of 3000 users since November 14. Also, for the first
>time in memory, the first person singular was used on an HP
>slide during his keynote presentation. Wilde, the leader of
>3000 experts that was once known as CSY, did not always use
>the global "we" but the very personal "I." This made me
>wonder if Wilde won't end up being the Harry Truman of CSY.
>While this didn't happen on his watch, he's the one who will
>be seeing it through.
>
>HP's choice to step away from the 3000 isn't a popular one
>here, and people are making their feelings of anger, hurt,
>and betrayal very clear during this forum. Wilde has also
>made it clear that the buck stops here, with him, showing up
>at 3000 gatherings even when he is not required to. Stopping
>to listen to anyone in the halls or on the street, Wilde
>remains the embodiment of not the New HP, but the HP we all
>recall.
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>Like Truman, I believe Wilde will be remembered kindly by
>history, in the long view, for his leadership in the present.
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>I have known Dave Wild for a long time and I still prefer
>to think of him as a fellow techie, rather than a manager.
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>He was put in a very difficult position from which it is
>impossible to satisfy myriad conflicting demands.  I would
>certainly not like to be in his shoes.  Nevertheless, he is
>doing his very best in a very bad situation.  Hopefully, he
>will survive the ordeal and he will reconsider his career
>path.  I can se him as a techie, having fun for a change :-)
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