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Can you believe I got ANOTHER one of these calls TODAY?!!?!?! The gal on the phone (not one of the other two people I've talked to about this already) just would not take the answer I gave her...which was basically that we are in a post-acquisition transition period right now that will probably last into early fall. "Migrating" to another computer  is NOT very high on our list of priorities right now....gotta keep the business going. Things are crazy enough right now without throwing a migration into the mix! Would have been nice if she had at least had the courtesy to hear what I said and listened to me instead of trying to impose her migration agenda on me. It was as if my words bounced off. I've said it before. HP's timing on this was horrible at least from our perspective. Sheesh.

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I got one of those calls, too. We don't know what we're going to do yet, but
going with 3rd party support is high on the list.....and I told him that. It
will cost us millions to migrate and considering we are going through huge
budget cuts.....well, you get the picture.

Cynthia Bridges-Fowler
North American Salt Company
a division of Compass Minerals Group
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http://www.compassminerals.com/ <http://www.compassminerals.com/>  

Cynthia Bridges-Fowler
North American Salt Company
a division of Compass Minerals Group
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http://www.compassminerals.com/    

>>> "William L. Brandt" <[log in to unmask]> 04/03/02 12:17PM >>>
I just got a call from HP - now usually I get a laugh and this time was no
exception - it seems that the left hand never knows what the right hand is
doing...

But the caller asked me if we have any plans to migrate - I said no. I told
him that a lot of us HP 3000 fanatics feel that our computers will be around
after the company is gone - and he had to laugh. He said that he was
surprised at the loyalty he has encountered.

He said that in calling HP 3000 users he has been "getting a lot of that"
(nobody is planning on migrating). "Maybe they'll rethink their decision".

Bill

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