Ron-

The first question that comes to my mind is "why is HP waiting till post
2006 to unlock passwording"?  I'd like to hear their response to that.  Or
they may have answered it in this line..."it has never been our intention,
nor do we have
 any plans, to encourage the use of the HP e3000 after HP end-of-support".
Do they have the right to make that decision for owners of HP 3000 systems?

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions


At 11:20 AM 1/19/04 -0600, Ron Seybold wrote:
>Hello Friends:
>
>John Burke pointed out that the board resolved on 12-18 to publish
>its proposed Agreement In Principle. This never happened, right?
>
>It's true, this AIP was published -- but not by OpenMPE. It was part
>of Ken Sletten's "minority view" open letter. Ken was censured on
>January 8 by the board for posting his letter, which also included
>an Oct. 31 e-mail from HP's Mike Paivinen to the board.
>
>We've got the text of Ken's letter, as well as an exclusive reply
>from HP (from Dave Wilde) posted at the NewsWire Web site. Go to
><http://www.3000newswire.com/open4.html> to read them both.
>
>What do you believe about HP's intentions to help OpenMPE and the
>homesteading customers?
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