PLUG for 3000 newswire


HP 3000 community members might want to have their browsers tuned to the Hewlett-Packard Virtual Rooms Web site tomorrow. At 10 AM EDT (4 PM CET) the vendor will present a 90-minute Webcast on its view of the 3000's future and the past:

    * Review last year activities for MPE
    * Discuss latest announcements
    * Discuss migrations and transition tools and partners

You can dial in to the conference to hear HP's audio presentation. Call from the US at 866-832-0714, Germany at 069 2222 3190, the UK at 01452 555 574 and Canada at 866 530 4984. Other countries throughout the world have dialup numbers as well (listed at the end of this posting); the main number is the UK-based 44 1452 555 574. The conference code to supply at the prompt is 50 63 65#.

HP will present the PowerPoint slide deck for the Webcast at its Virtual Rooms site. The meeting key is EPAAPKCNJ9. Testing your browser and PC/Mac configuration beforehand is a good idea; links to do so are available at the site. HP's software won't use the Firefox browsers on either Windows or Mac PCs.

The Virtual Rooms technology from HP is also for rent by the hour, so the Webcast will offer one way to assess the potential for using this tool for your own company communication.

Read "HP to present 3000 report" in full



>From: "Dave Powell, MMfab" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 2008/05/14 Wed PM 06:27:32 EDT
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [HP3000-L] Hardware support for how long ?

>Senior management seems to think we need to migrate soon, and one of the main
>reasons is that they think parts & repairs could be a problem already.  In
>fact, they think I told them so, which was a surprise to me this morning
>because I have been consistently saying we could go at least into 2010 and
>probably thru the end of 2012.
>
>:(
>
>Before I sound off too much, I would like to get an updated feel for how long
>the hardware support companies think they can support an HP3000 in the Los
>Angeles area.  It's simple hardware:  A500 with 2 processors and just the 2
>internal HDs, plus an external DDS-3 for backup.
>
>We're still on HP support, but that will change eventually.  HP has always
>given us good support, so there's no special hurry to switch while they still
>offer anything.
>
>
>Dave Powell,  MMfab
>
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joseph dolliver
e3k solutions , inc
41630 marie court
leonardtown, md 20650
301-475-6985 

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