Great, cause in San Jose HP had no answer whatsoever.
Maybe it was because Mrs. Edling wasn't there.
Great, hopefully she'll post the answers so that we all can read them.
Maybe like,
give me your source-code and we ship it to India and you get your new system
back.
Might that be the answer?

My 0.02 cents ($ or EURO)
Michael


On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:27:43 -0400, John Hornberger
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hallelujah my friends,
>
>In addition to the postcard telling us that "the good old days aren't over
>yet!" I just received "THE Letter" from HP that will allay all of our fears
>about the discontinuance of the HPe3000.  According to Marilyn Edling VP
>for North American Enterprise Systems at HP ([log in to unmask]) wrote
>that
>
>     "Long before our announcement of the five-year plan for the e3000 last
>November, we began working diligently to
>       establish the resources our customers needed for their transition to
>other HP platforms.  The purpose of this letter is
>       to inform you of our progress in developing these resources and our
>approach for reaching out to each of our valued
>       HP e3000 customers."
>
>Well, what do you think about this people.  Marilyn and her staff have all
>of the answers.  But, I guess it only took five months from the date of the
>announcement for the letter to reach me coming from the frozen Midwest and
>all.  But, Stillwater, MN can't be THAT FAR AWAY since the postmark on the
>envelope is stamped "APR 11 '02" and it arrived here in BSEPA on April 16,
>2002.
>
>She goes on to say how ALL of the third-party suppliers and ISV's are also
>onboard with a plethora of choices for us to choose from.  We can view all
>of the handiwork to date at www.hp.com/go/e3000.  She finishes her very
>upbeat personal letter by instructing me to "please contact your HP Account
>team, ISV or reseller to get immediate information or assistance."  Ah,
>pardon me, but since she has ALL of the other answers maybe she can help me
>with two questions .  WHO is my HP Account team representative and WHAT is
>her/his phone number?  I haven't spoken to anyone that fills that bill in
>well over five years.  Who knows maybe I'm NOT actually a "Valued HPe3000
>Customer!" ;)
>
>Just my two cents' worth on HP's latest DISinformation campaign,
>
>John Hornberger
>Sr. Systems Programmer
>SPX Global Information Services
>
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>
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