In message <[log in to unmask]>,
Ted Hook <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Hi,
>
>Could this be:-
>
>        (1)An attempt to kill off OPENMPE by creating a dustbin group.
>
>        (2)A real acknowledgement of the existance of HP e3000 users and
>their needs.
>
>I would be interested in any comments / information.
>
>Regards
>
>Ted
>
>1. CALLING ALL HP E3000 USERS!
>
>Following HP's decision to kill off the HP e3000, users worldwide have been
>at sea.
>Emmet Hayes, chairman of HPCUA, and a former HP e3000 regional marketing
>manager,
>has decided it is time to provide a compass! As part of the HPCUA's services
>to HP users,
>he is proposing to set up an HP e3000-specific user forum
>"Our members are telling us HP has lost focus on the e3000. Part of this is
>undoubtedly a communications problem," Hayes boldly asserted. "The message
>to HP e3000 users should be: 'HP still loves you, when you change, change
>with HP.' And if people decide to stick with the HP e3000 and 'homestead'
>with it, we want to help them with that."
>Hayes hopes to work with fellow users, and with HP and its e3000 partners,
>to set up a UK forum to exchange HP e3000 war stories (of migration or
>homesteading), run events, publish informative newsletters, swap technical
>tips.
>At the moment, Hayes is testing the waters, he says: "If there is enough
>interest, we will run with it. We want to be the one stop shop for HP e3000
>information and issues."
>Would you be interested in such an HP e3000 forum? Contact Emmet at:
>[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Emmet's a good guy; we've had face time in the past, and it's always
been mutually beneficial (well, I hope it was two-way, not just
benefitting me, but it certainly did that).

But, by the same token as above, I've just asked him if he's aware of
the HP3000-L.

Let's see what comes back my way....
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