Did not see any mention on the list, so I was wondering if the following
significant announcements have not yet become widely known:

COGNOS® ANNOUNCES FLEXIBLE PRICING FOR POWERHOUSE® ON HP 3000 BUSINESS
SERVERS

BURLINGTON, MA, June 15, 1999—Cognos® (NASDAQ:COGN; TSE:CSN) today
announced the introduction of new flexible pricing for the Cognos
PowerHouse® application development tools on Hewlett-Packard company's
HP 3000 line of business servers. Today's announcement reconfirms
Cognos' commitment to its application development customers and the HP
3000 platform, offering pricing that is more consistent with HP's own
software tier licensing system.  

The flexible pricing will allow Cognos customers to choose the most
appropriate pricing package to suit their environments and requirements.
While current licensing is CPU-based, the new alternative pricing
ructure is based on the same software tiers and maximum
users-per-machine used by HP to license the Fundamental Operating
Software for its HP 3000 range, making the process transparent and
consistent for HP 3000 customers.  

"We're very pleased to offer a choice of pricing to our HP 3000
customers," said Alan Rottenberg, Cognos senior vice president of
marketing and business strategy. "This commitment both strengthens
Cognos' long-standing relationship with HP and brings much greater
flexibility in how our HP 3000 customers choose to acquire and use
PowerHouse—still the most productive business application development
environment available today."  

"Cognos' new flexible pricing for PowerHouse ensures that HP 3000
customers can leverage one of the most productive business application
developments tools in a cost-effective manner", said Harry Sterling,
general manager of HP's Commercial Systems Division. "We're pleased to
work with Cognos to continue providing seamless HP 3000 enterprise
solutions."  
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Hewlett-Packard joint promotion with Speedware
  Starting June 15th until August 31,  
  The Genius Promotion is official!!

Calculate the Savings on HP 3000 9x9KS User Licenses, HP Support and
Bonus Savings on Speedware Products!  

This promotion is an opportunity to cash-in on big discounts for new     
                                                                         
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Details:

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          25% off Speedware software, 50% off Speedware
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Rob Joseph
The NPD Group
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