"Bill Brandt" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Alfredo wrote:
>"I heard differently from HP at the Solutions Symposium.  Apparently,
>85% (or more, "depending on how you define the percentages") of the
>MPE-Image folks are happily migrating to HP-X.  Interex endorses
>these numbers."
>
>Alfredo - am I becoming too cynical - or does this sound like a
>disinformation campaign? "happily migrating" - now I know HP or Interex is
>pulling our collective leg ;-)

Maybe they had a twinkle in their eye ;-)


>It is true in the big scheme of things that we (me & my tiny company) are
>small potatoes.

So am I (Idaho, you know...)


>However in inquiring about some secondary work I called the
>Calif Dept of Corrections - a large HP user - and the woman there knew of no
>plans to migrate either.

HP and Interex would cleverly point out that these folks are
incorrigible and, therefore, must be excluded from the survey
results :-)

On second thought: Did they even bother to submit the survey?
HP and Interex referred to the survey RESULTS.


>I would suspect that the large users - like Longs Drugs - feel between a
>rock and a hard spot. Spending millions to convert from something rock solid
>and reliable to something ???????

You might have discovered a hard-to-find fact here.  But then,
again, just think of all the potential billions of revenue for
migration "providers".  They also have families to feed.


Alfredo

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