On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:31:48 -0700, Van Dyke, Brenda
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>   In all fairness, whatever else Carly may have done... HP has been
>determined to deep six (oops, I better say phase out)  the HP3000 since
>long before Carly came around.   I remember the rumblings in the HP3000
>user community way back when HP first started marketing HP-UX.   HP's
>focus even back then was obviously on HP-UX.  HP3000 customers were making
>big noises about what would become of the HP3000.

>The plans to phase out the HP3000 have been a long time in the making.

I agree with Brenda.  Carly was/is just responsible for destroying the
value of Hewlett_Packard Company as a whole, and had no time to think about
killing the HP3000 and the loyal customer base that it had.  I seriously
doubt that she has given the HP3000 question any thought at all.

The decisions to kill the HP3000 were based on a long series of acts (or
failure to act) over many years by middle management at, or slightly above,
the division level.  The seeds of destruction were being sown long before
Carly came on the scene.

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