Our policy for the last 22 years has been to avoid buying 3rd party apps,
and even HP software that was not part of the core operating system, mostly
so we wouldn't have to worry about being orphaned.  The ONLY 3rd-party app
that can even inconvenience us is MPRX, and we use that mostly interactively
(batch only when we can't figure how to do something without it).

Apologies to all the software vendors who are still backing the 3000 who
have never made any money off us and probably never will......


Dave ('as long as the 3000 is around I have nothing to worry about -----
whoops!!!') Powell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: A No for SSConfig


> In message
> <[log in to unmask]>,
> "Schwartzman, Zelik" <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
> >I would think that if the vendor is not around anymore then in reality
you
> >should not be using their software.
>
> I can see that Zelik and I occupy different realities..... I wonder who
> else is in which one?
>
> >  This would be the case if HP eol's the
> >life of the 3000 or not.  It's a gamble anytime you purchase any third
party
> >software.  The trick to purchasing third party software is to purchase it
> >from a trusted vendor that will be around for the long haul.
>
> It's also the trick when purchasing first party software or hardware.
> Hands up all those who thought that's what they were *doing* when they
> bought MPE from Hewlett Packard. And now look....
>
> --
> Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
> Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris
>
>