Paul,

        I would tell him to go for it.  We can't stop because of a rumor.  And even
if there is some degree of truth to it, we don't know the scope of the
announcement until it's made, and we don't know the ultimate impact
afterwards.  Maybe it will be the announcement of the end of the product
life cycle and that may start the clock ticking towards somebody else taking
ownership of the MPE operating system.  Maybe it will be the announcement
that the product life cycle ends in 10 or 15 years, which is a pretty good
life for an application.  Maybe the announcement will have nothing to do
with the 3000 (figures crossed but not optimistic).

Thanx,
        Jon

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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Paul Christensen
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 3:17 PM
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Subject: Re: nasty rumor


one of my clients sent me an email asking about this rumor.  Wondering what
value his investment in
the HP3000 is going to have and what else his system could run on.
Two years ago I wrote a system for him that allowed his company to leave a
franchise and go out
on their own.   He chose the HP3000 because he was familiar with it's
reliability, ease of use and knew
we could develop a system in a fairly short amount of time (we had worked
together before).

And earlier this week he was telling me that perhaps there might be another
firm
interested in this
same system and he is going to demo it next Tuesay, the 13th.    Now he is
wondering if on the 14th
that will be a moot point?

I can't  see that HP would abruptly dump the 3000, but then who knows?

What a week, first we lose the Twins, then the HP3000.....

Plans are in the works to try to save the Twins - are there plans to save
the
3000?

Paul D. Christensen
PC Enterprises
Osakis MN

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