Chris Dunlop wrote:
>
> We've received this news from CSL, of an anouncement 8 hours before
> it was made.
> Time zones are strange things, yes, though perhaps not as strange,
> and momentous, as this news.
>
> "its all over!
>
> 'hp e3000' killed by hp
>
> discontinuance notices issued for December 2006
>
> A very strange thing happened on Wednesday, November 14th. At 11:00
> am Pacific Time, hewlett-packard announced that they had decided to
> discontinue sales and support of the hp e3000 platform. Winston
> Prather, General Manager, hp e3000 Business, made the announcement
> with Jim Murphy, General Manager, hp Server Support at his side."
>
> See http://www.csllink.com/e3k/e3k-007.htm

  From the web page:

 "The announcement was made by Winston Prather, general
 manager of hp's e3000 division on the eve of one of the
 US' most important public holidays - Thanksgiving."

Dang!  I had better go shoot that turkey today then.  I thought I had
another week.

--
Jim

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