Gentlemen: You're comparing apples to oranges, in this case automobiles, mechanical in the most part and computers, electronic for the most part 8~))... John M Penney Department of Licensing State of Washington Olympia, WA (360)664-1392 (360)586-1919 (Fax) [log in to unmask] "Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my employer..." > ---------- > From: Mark Boyd[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Mark Boyd > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Ann Livermore's comments > > Amen. Detroit stopped making cars in the 60's, and the dipstick sits in > the > office down the hall. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Scott [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:54 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Ann Livermore's comments > > My GM wasn't nearly as reliable as ANY HP I've worked on. Lets give HP > some > credit here. I agree with the size analogy, but my '98 GM could not be > fixed > in less than three visits to a dealer for anything. My HP on the other > hand, > runs day-in, day-out without even an oil change. (Where is the dip stick > anyway?) > > -----Original Message----- > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf Of Stigers, Greg [And] > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:44 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Ann Livermore's comments > > > X-no-Archive:yes > I would be interested in knowing who got a response from Ann Livermore... > > OK, the ads say "HP invent". And MPE is the operating system that HP > invented. > > IBM is giving us AS/400 ads with the guy who played Command Sisko. So pick > a > (military?) leader, either from TV fiction or the real world, and give us > some commercials that put MPE up there as a solution. I kind of like Colin > Powell for this. > > Or (perish the thought) HP could NOT copy IBM, and do some truly original > ads, or even just continue the ones with Carly. But make it clear that you > rank up there with IBM, are closer to IBM than you are to Sun. HP is a > Chrysler, a Ford, a General Motors. Sun is a Hyundai, a KIA. > > Greg Stigers > http://www.cgiusa.com >