In article <[log in to unmask]>, Bruce Conrad
<[log in to unmask]> writes:

>hink it's more of a marketing thing than a technical acheivement...
>AS/400 - I have no idea how well these are selling, but if Cortlandt is right
>(that IBM is selling lots of 'em), If I was in HP's marketing dept, I'd have
>a
>look over there to see what they're doing right. It sounds like they've
>figured
>out how to sell a proprietary system in today's business environment, and
>even
>one that IMHO is not as good a solution as the HP 3000.

The AS400 sales this year are said to have dropped by 40% over last ... maybe
that is why the rebranding of the IBM lineup?

Stay positive - lots of good things are happening for the HPe3000 ... where is
your 5 year roadmap for computer needs - The HP3000 has one..
- even AMISYS sites won't be able to outgrow it.

http://www.ia-64.hp.com/infolibrary/presentations/kroeker.pdf

is an article by one of the architecture team for IA64 - see page 42 for the
HP3000 info - realize that this kind of information - INCLUDING HPe3000 on the
slides was part of Jerry Huck's presentation.

Don't worry so much ... be happy ...


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