Part of the problem was that the large stake customers were leaving, and
apparently not being given any reason to stay. Is anyone from State Farm on
the list, lurking here or via comp.sys.hp.mpe? What large shops are left,
who are not leaving? At the same time, too few new shops were being brought
into the fold, large or small.

With the large shops leaving, and new customers staying away in droves, the
platform really did cease to be viable. And this was a known problem, as
evidenced by discussions on this list.

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John R. Wolff [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: An Apple a day keeps the legacy apps in play
>
<snip>
> 3) Sell CSY to some business entity and salvage stockholder
> asset value
> (Apple, Dell, IBM, some large stake customer such as State Farm, etc.)
<snip>

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