John Lee wrote:

>The first question that comes to my mind is "why is HP waiting till post
>2006 to unlock passwording"?  I'd like to hear their response to that.  Or
>they may have answered it in this line..."it has never been our intention,
>nor do we have  any plans, to encourage the use of the HP e3000 after 
>HP end-of-support".  Do they have the right to make that decision for 
>owners of HP 3000 systems?

In reading HP's response I noticed that they have committed to unlocking the "e3000-Unique diagnostics."  Since SYSDIAG was replaced with CSTM, there are very few, if any, diagnostics that are unique to the 3000.  Does that mean they really aren't going to unlock anything?  We certainly need some clarification on that point.  

My second comment about Dave Wilde's letter is that it really doesn't address the main point raised by Ken's letter, namely that by continuing to drag their feet on making decisions about licensing, they are in effect making sure that it won't happen.  It's hard not to conclude that the delays and their side effects are intentional.

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