I agree.  There should be no name calling.  But I think the board members
should do the same.

Ron Horner
HP3000 Systems Administrator
JCPenney Logistics
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Fochtman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal


> At 11:43 AM 3/8/02 -0500, Douglas Becker wrote:
> >If Hewlett-Packard [and particularly Winnie Prather] wants to redeem
itself
> >in the eyes of the HP3000 community, it can remove the mechanism to
> >artificially inhibit the A-Class Processors and allow them to run at 400
> >megahertz.
>
> Unfortunately, this will not happen.  HP has made it clear that it is
> related to their price/performance curve and has an impact on a variety of
> other items and as such, will not be changed.  It was their business
> decision to make, and I suspect they have more data that led them to
> this conclusion than they can disclose.
>
> Also, even tho we may disagree with this decision as well as the decision
to
> discontinue the HP3000, we are professionals and should continue to treat
> each other as such even though there are disagreements.  Inappropriate
> remarks and name-calling only serves to lower one's credibility, not to
> help influence change.
>
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