>From: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 12:08:11 -0400
>Subject: Response from the ex-NEORUG president
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>Wow, how quickly they turn on you!...20 years of dedicated HP3000 service
>and a few words are taken the wrong way.
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>I am, have always been, and always will be, one of the biggest HP3000
>supporters in the world...ask anyone who knows me. It is the best hardware
>and software combination ever...I always thought it should have been MPE
>that was chosen as the operating system of the future instead of UNIX...and
>where is UNIX now?...being replaced by NT. I hope I'm still working on
>3000's when I retire.
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>But, the 3000 is a mature machine...and that's NOT a negative statement!
>It's over 20 years old...and MPE still looks like it did in the late 70's.
>So it's obviously a solid, solid system...we all know that.
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>At NEORUG, we have had virtually NO requests for HP3000 topics in the past
>few years...have we gotten any from you, Jim? All we hear about is the
>internet, networks, PC's. etc...So, we respond to the users. The most
>important point that I was making in my resignation letter was that we
>desperately need volunteers to keep NEORUG going...and the way Jim jumped
>up and responded to my comments...he could be the perfect person. Please
>get in touch with us, Jim. I'm at [log in to unmask]
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>Go 3000!
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