A young guy had a science project. 

For the project, he had a frog. He put the frog on a table and yelled "JUMP". The frog jumped. Next, he cut off a leg and put the frog back on the table and yelled "JUMP". The frog struggled, but jumped. Again, he cuts another leg off and puts the frog on the table and yells "JUMP". The frog manages to jump some. Once again, he cuts a third leg off and puts the frog on the table and screams "JUMP". The poor frog wiggles and struggles and finally moves just a little. Lastly, the final leg comes off. Once on the table, the young guy screams "JUMP". The frog just lays there. He screams several times, "JUMP".  The frog does nothing.

His conclusion.

With no legs, a Frog can NOT hear.

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At 15:18 -0600 10/31/03, Jan Gerrit Kootstra wrote:

> > >According to hp the retirement is the customers fault/request.
>>
> > Lost in translation?

...

>Quote from the German text.
>
>Kunden stellen heute andere Anforderungen an Rechnerplattformen, so die
>Firma
>
>This is in plain english: "Customers have today different demands for their
>Computerplatform, so the Company states.

The translations from German to English are impeccable.  Yours is less
"editorial" than Michael's -- but Michael's "executive bottom-line"
expresses the underlying feeling quite well :-)

If somebody cuts a bird's wings, is it any wonder that the bird will
no longer be able to fly?

    "Gee, this silly bird can't fly. I must get rid of it."

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