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Sletten Kenneth W KPWA <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Y'all may have seen current Interex "InstaPoll" results at:
>http://www.hpuseradvocacy.org/index.cfm?pollDisplay=results&QuestionID=58
>
>Fairly interesting, even though only 118 votes total so far:
>"What plans does your company have for apps on e3000 ?".  As
>of just after high noon US PDT Thurs 25 Sept:
>
> 3.4 percent have migrated.
> 5.1 percent planning to migrate within 12 months.
> 7.6 percent planning to migrate within 24 months.
>21.2 percent planning to migrate, time not set.
>22.9 percent hoping for OpenSource.
>39.8 percent are Homesteading.
>
>i.e.:  Only 16 percent have migrated or plan to migrate within
>two years FROM RIGHT NOW;  which is already nearly two years
>since HP announced EOL for the e3000.
>
>Just what Interex meant "OpenSource" to mean in this context
>might be subject to a bit of interpretation, but if it's fair
>to generally lump OpenSource and Homesteading as at least
>somewhat "together", that sez that of the 118 people voting so
>far nearly 2/3 still have no plans to migrate.  That's higher
>than I would have expected at this point.
>
>Ken Sletten

You might want to consider whether Open MPE is a self-selecting
mechanism for OpenSource fond-hopers, and for Homesteaders who fell they
might need a fallback option, and so the results of such a poll might be
skewed accordingly.

Those with firm migration plans which they are confident will come to
fruition, be that pre- or even slightly post- EOL, are not likely to be
OpenMPE denizens.

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