Hi Ken,

I am not picking on you because many have shared similar thoughts
as yours directed towards Interex (not their merger stance, but
their lack of "fighting" HP on the 3000 decision).

How would anything be better if Interex waged an all out "war"
against HP over CSY's decision?  Interex did conduct a survey very soon
after our announcement and saw that most people who responded were
very upset.  They do know the reaction of some percentage of their
MPE members. I have no idea what membership percentage this represents,
nor if the feelings are shared by non-MPE Interex members.  But my
point really is what good would it do for Interex to be very vocal,
angry, demanding, etc?  I can guarantee CSY would not have changed
our decision.  A poor HP-Interex relationship helps no one: not
the folks that must migrate, nor the folks that choose to homestead.
Interex is sponsoring migration papers, tutorials, etc, which helps
those migrating.  Interex has expressed a desire to escrow the MPE
source and other interests that help the homesteaders.  I don't
know how this will all turn out yet, but I think they have taken
a reasonable stance that aides forward progress.

I also know that the new OpenMPE, Inc. non-profit company has
similar interests as Interex in terms of advocacy, source
escrow, etc., with a singular and intense focus on MPE. There
certainly may be room for both groups and I see no advantage to
the MPE partners and customers to have Interex fail.

FWIW,
 Jeff Vance, CSY

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Nutsford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
...
> In this climate of misplaced trust and deceit it is dissapointing
> to know that we can not depend on Interex, our independent HP
> user group, to represent HP3000 users interests instead of
> grovelling to HP.
>
> Ken Nutsford

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