Wirt writes:

>Larry Boyd asks:
>
>> O.K., I'll bite.  How much of this was "real"? :)
>
>Part of the pain associated with publicly kidding around once and while is
>that you're not believed when you say something seriously. Perhaps I should
>stop with the jokes.
>
>I am absolutely serious. The price for QueryCalc on a 1-2 user "908" is/will
>be $450. The full price (Series 939, 957 and up) remains $12,500, with QC
>tiered priced for smaller machines. This "908" price is simply a $12,050
>discount to encourage the development, use and excitement concerning the
>HP3000 among the user community -- and to encourage HP to seriously consider
>retailing such a device.
>

<shameless plug>
And if you marry this with QWEBS at $495, you have a very nice mpe based
web server at the same time for less than $1k of 3'rd party software.
</shameless plug>

duane percox

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