I used to work for a company which did loby work for congress. Email gets
deleted too easly. A snail mail letter campaign is better. I suggest a
letter be drawn up as a group, to show consensus, and put in PDF format.
Then everyone sends the PDF document to anyone concerned (everone in your
shop, management, order entry.... Every individual signs their copy, adds a
personal note or two, and then mail it to Carly. Is it 40,000 systems?
That X at least 10 = Merry Christmas Carly.
Guy Avenell
www.hptraderonline.com HP reverse auction trading floor.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cortlandt Wilson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] The Real Story About HP's Announcement...
> George Stachnik *appeared* to be refering to emails to HP's corporate
site.
> A day after the annoucement a CSY staffer told me he was getting 50 to 60
> emails an hour to his in box.
>
> Cortlandt Wilson
> (650) 966-8555
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of John Penney
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] The Real Story About HP's Announcement...
>
>
> So, Jim:
>
> What do we do, send emails supporting Open MPE to hp so that can get the
> ball rolling, huh? Sounds like from George Stachnik there isn't the
> groundswell of support for this approach we all (at least on this list)
> expected?
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> John M Penney
> Systems Programmer / Administration
> Production Services
> Information Services Department
> Pierce County
> Tacoma, WA
> 253-798-6215
> [log in to unmask]
>
> >>> Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]> 12/04/01 06:46AM >>>
> Jonathan M. Backus <[log in to unmask]> points out:
>
> > I didn't hear that OpenMPE is dead or alive. In fact, I distinctly
heard
> > *nothing* on the subject, at least not from George ;)
>
> Yes, it (OpenMPE) is conspicuous by its absence. However, the gist of
> george's message (and the party line from HP since the Announcement) is
that
> the 3000 is dead, dead, dead.
>
> Given HP's apparent reluctance to deal with OpenMPE, and the very real
> timeline (deadline?) that HP has announced, coupled with the fact that I'm
> going to have to present some alternatives soon in order to get funding
for
> what ever we decide to use in place of the 3000, if OpenMPE is not a
viable
> option soon (like in the next 30 - 90 days) then OpenMPE will not be an
> option for us, since once we commit time and energy to starting conversion
> (which we must do in the next 6 months, a year at the latest), it will be
a
> very hard sell to turn the tide.
>
> I suppose I should explain "OpenMPE is not a viable option soon". I don't
> mean that OpenMPE has to be ready to roll by then, but there must be more
> signs of life than is shown today. A commitment from HP to release the
> source would be nice. An entity in place to receive that source would be
a
> prerequisite.
>
> I certainly hope that there is (lots) more going on behind the scenes than
I
> am privy to. That is my hope for OpenMPE.
>
> Jim Phillips Information Systems Manager
> Email: [log in to unmask] Therm-O-Link, Inc.
> Phone: 330-527-2124 P. O. Box 285
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>
> I WANT MY MPE!
>
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