James B. Byrne wrote:
> of HP's patent attempts to grub for money at the expense of their clients on the UX side
> of the house and I see signs that the malaise is trying to cross over in the 3k side.
 
Well, I watched this thread from a far and now must comment on this last line.
As someone on the 3000 side of HP and just joining HP, I must *completely and
totally* disagree.  CSY continues to put customers first!  We may not always
have the right answer and sometimes we may not present the arguments in
an understandable way, but it's not because CSY wants to "grub for money at
the expense of their clients."  CSY year after year as tried to put
customers first.  This is exactly why ALLBASE runs on 5.5, there's a
decent spooler with the OS, IMAGE/SQL exists, POSIX exists, etc. etc.
 
You may rightfully disagree with the decisions CSY makes, but the basis
for the decisions are always customers first.
 
Larry Boyd    <[log in to unmask]>
"Each problem solved creates the opportunity to solve the next problem
          that the last solution created." - Richard Pascale
(These opinions are my own and not those of Hewlett-Packard.)