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-----
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> part de John Dunlop
> Envoye : vendredi 27 fevrier 2004 10:29
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> 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
>
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