hp directly is a big if. My understanding is SALES, and sales alone (i.e. new gear) ceases on 10-31-03, and support both hardware and software, 12-31-06. If anyone can refute or correct these assertions, by all means, lay on McDuff.

Regards

JP

>>> "Shahan, Ray" <[log in to unmask]> 04/23/02 01:16PM >>>
I agree, but I'm still in wonder...is memory/etc. from hp directly going to
end in 20 months...do you know?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Penney [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:17 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask] 
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] EOL HP
> 
> Ray:
> 
> I am certain you/we can get hardware and software support well past the
> EOL of the 3000, whatever these characters may be hawking.
> 
> Regards
> 
> JP
> 
> >>> "Shahan, Ray" <[log in to unmask]> 04/23/02 01:05PM >>>
> Just got a present from a smart-ass sys-admin.  It's a marketing piece
> from
> the combined efforts of hp, peoplesoft and Technology Solutions Company
> (TSC) explaining how they are all here to help us along the way.  One very
> interesting quote from the literature is a follows:
> 
> "Parts, upgrades, memory, all you need to keep your system running, will
> be
> unavailable in about 20 months. But support will continue until 2006."
> 
> Hmmm, do I read this as hardware support will be unavailable in about 20
> months?  Is this just an overset by the hp folks when they agreed to jump
> in
> bed with anyone/everyone who's lined up for the screwing (maybe they
> didn't
> even read the literature prior to agreeing to be a participant), or is it
> a
> fact I was not aware of?
> 
> 
> Ray Shahan
> 
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