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> They may both be right : IBM selling servers to previously MPE shops, and
> these same MPE shops purchasing Deskjet supplies from HP. So HO can claim to
> have retained their customers.
>
> Christian
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]De la
> > part de John Dunlop
> > Envoye : vendredi 27 fevrier 2004 10:29
> > A : [log in to unmask]
> > Objet : [HP3000-L] IBM Pounces as HP Cuts Loose Server Line

> > Interesting article at :
> > http://www.linuxinsider.com//perl/story/32006.html
> > "IBM spokesperson Colleen Haikes called HP's move a "coup"
> > for Big Blue, telling the E-Commerce Times that several high-profile
> > customers already have switched to IBM servers in anticipation
> > of the end of service
> > support."

> > and ..

> > "Recently, the company [HP] said it had not lost any customers as a
> > direct result of discontinuing the e3000 line."
> > Someone is telling porkies!
> > Cheers,
> > John Dunlop

Don't forget that HP's rather strange and restrictive definition of 'customer' means that it could haemorrhage HP3000 installations, and still make that claim...

Roy

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