Alfredo,

After following the prattling-on about the 3000 (@%$#@ HP, and their 'e'!),
you succinctly expressed a valid point...

>No amount of cajoling will make them change their "love > them and leave
>them (but don't leave them before fully > milking them)" attitude.

It just isn't our decision, no matter how loud we scream.

PS - forget the 'holding your breath' part....they'll watch us turn blue!

As always, Yours in /iX
Al 'face down, kicking and screaming' Karman
IT Consultant
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>From: "F. Alfredo Rego" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "F. Alfredo Rego" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The Future of the 3000
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:33:19 -0600
>
>Steve Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Nick Demos wrote:
>>
>>>  The other question is "Where do you find a champion with all
>>>  the skills listed above?
>>
>>Oh, finding one is easy. The *hard* part will be convincing Alfredo to
>>give
>>up ADAGER and become a "public servant".
>>
>>;{)  Steve
>
>
>Thank you, Steve, but I believe that this is a job that only HP can do.
>
>Yes, I know that I have dedicated the top half or Adager's web site at
>http://www.adager.com to the HP e3000, MPE/iX, and IMAGE.  If you click
>on the owl, you will see even more material related to the HP e3000
>(as well as to HP3000-L :-)
>
>But that is about the most I can do without offending HP corporate
>managers...
>
>The HP e3000 is, after all, HP's own baby.  If they don't want their
>own baby, perhaps it would be wise for them to give it up for adoption
>to loving parents who would help it blossom.  No amount of therapy
>will convert dysfunctional parents into loving parents.  No amount of
>cajoling will make them change their "love them and leave them (but
>don't leave them before fully milking them)" attitude.
>
>Who would, willingly and knowingly, volunteer for this "cajoling
>therapist" position?
>
>Not me :-)
>
>
>I am happy to have my own babies.  I give them tender loving care and
>they fill me with happiness.  What else can I ask for?
>--
>
>  _______________
>|               |
>|               |
>|            r  |  Alfredo                     [log in to unmask]
>|          e    |                           http://www.adager.com
>|        g      |  F. Alfredo Rego
>|      a        |  Manager, R & D Labs
>|    d          |  Adager Corporation
>|  A            |  Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000            U.S.A.
>|               |
>|_______________|

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