In a message dated 2/24/03 5:58:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<<  I don't understand the first part of the sentence.
 I can't imagine that HP took an order for s/w and then was
 unwilling to fill it. >>

I seem to remember many years of HPWorld Management Roundtables
where the persistent complaint was about "how hard it is to buy anything
from HP".  Maybe all the complaints were about the difficulty of buying
hardware?

Cecile Chi