Good call, I do know that in So Cal. a lot of smaller shops would have
moved off their HP platforms a long time ago if it weren't for the
affordability Abtech was able to pass along.  However it does bring up the
question how they were able to give such good pricing.

Forrest.




Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> on 03/23/99 11:27:55 AM

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Forrest Smith writes:

> Only in America!!!!
>
>  I'm sure glad GM didn't send me and all my buddies in high school to
prison
>  for reconfiguring the operating systems on our Camaro's and Mustang's to
>  the performance levels of corvette's and shelby cobras......
>
>  Times are changing and HP is still chasing after the old ways.

If the story alleged in the Sacramento Business Journal is true, then there
is
no doubt that the behavior of Abtech, Hardware House, and others was
flagrantly criminal and should be prosecuted to the full extent possible.

I certainly have no compassion for people who behave in such a manner.

Wirt Atmar