Dear <name>,

As part of our advocacy role between User Group Members and HP,
Interex is currently sponsoring a study to understand your needs
related to your HP e3000 systems. The results of this study will be
passed on to HP so they can better serve you.  All survey participants
will be entered into a drawing for an IPAQ Pocket PC h1910.  The prize
winner will be notified by email.

To participate, reply to this survey, and place an x in the box that
best applies to your organization.

1. What is the timing of your HP e3000 migration PLANNING?
  [     ]  plan complete
  [     ]  plan in process, plan expected to be complete in 2004
  [     ]  plan in process, plan expected to be complete in 2005
  [     ]  plan in process, plan expected to be complete in 2006
  [     ]  plan in process, plan expected to be complete after 2006
  [  x   ]  plan not started, but expect to migrate
  [     ]  we will not be migrating


2. What is the timing of the IMPLEMENTATION of your HP e3000 migration?
  [     ]  migration complete
  [     ]  migration in process, expected to be complete by 2006
  [     ]  migration in process, expected to be complete within 2007-2008
  [     ]  migration in process, expected to be complete after 2008
  [   x  ]  migration not started, expected to be complete by 2006
  [     ]  migration not started, expected to be complete within 2007-2008
  [     ]  migration not started, expected to be complete after 2008
  [     ]  we will not be migrating


3. Will HP be the primary platform you migrate to?

  [     ]  yes
  [     ]  no
  [     ]  uncertain
  [     ]  we will not be migrating
  [  x ]  not if there is any possibility of using any other vendor, you've destroyed my career, you expect me to REWARD you?

If your company has NO plans to migrate, please answer the next three
questions. If your company IS migrating, your survey is complete.
Thank you for your time.


4. How do you expect to handle hardware (CPU, memory, disk, tape,IO cards,
etc.) failures? (select at most 3)
  [     ]  rely on 3rd party hardware support as the main source
  [     ]  rely on own inventory of hardware components and spares as
           the main source
  [     ]  no formal plan, will just deal with it when/if it happens
  [     ]  hoping for a PA-RISC platform emulator
  [     ]  hoping for 9000->3000 conversion kits to be made available
  [     ]  other: ____________________________________________

5. How do you expect to handle HP software (MPE OS, subsystems) failures?
(select at most 3)
  [     ]  expect no problems, the OS and subsystems are stable enough
  [     ]  rely on HP to make all existing patches available to all
customers
  [     ]  rely on 3rd parties to be in the MPE patch business, distributing
           and creating patches
  [     ]  rely on 3rd parties to only distribute existing MPE patches (no
           new patches would be developed)
  [     ]  rely on a PA-RISC emulator to work-around MPE defects
  [     ]  rely on MPE/iX source code being available to the general
           public (like Open Source)
  [     ]  no formal plan, we will just deal with it when/if it happens
  [     ]  other: __________________________________________

6. How do you expect to handle THIRD PARTY software failures?
(select at most 3)
  [     ] expect no problems, our 3rd party code is stable
  [     ] rely on each 3rd party to support their products
  [     ] rely on a different vendor to support our 3rd party code
  [     ] self-support, we expect to have the source code for our 3rd
          party products
  [     ] rely on HP to support our 3rd party code
  [     ] no formal plan, we will just deal with it if/when it happens
  [     ] other: __________________________________________


Your survey is complete. Thank you for your time!

The prize winner will be notified by email.


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