Wayne Brown wrote: > At last count there were a little over 1000 subscribers to HP3000-L. If each of > us contributed $37, that would provide the $37,000 Denys said would be needed > for a full page black and white ad. If someone will coordinate this campaign, > I'll be glad to send in my $37. > I truly am not being negative: If there are over 1000 subscribers (and gosh knows how many like me that are on comp.sys.hp.mpe) why aren't there any more people contributing to these idea(s) than the 'usual suspects'? Is it because we have an overinflated idea of what MPE is, both to us and to HP? I guess I need to do a bit of background, its only fair. I don't work in the HP world (well except in the PC sense) but I was in the MPE world from 1988 (Started on a 950, one of the 1st ones off the line I believe) until 1997 (ended on a 980/200). I agree with all that is being said that it is an unbelievably stable system, will keep your business running, and requires less upkeep than most systems. I continue to subscribe to c.s.h.m. because I still get a wealth of information, and I truly enjoy reading an awful lot of posts that start with OT: HOWEVER! Again, we go back to my question regarding the number of people on the list, and the unknown (I NEVER have subscribed to the list, always read it through USENET) number who are out there...doing their day to day..... who are being silent. I *assume* that a large number will be at HPWorld, I *assume* they are there to make business contacts, and learn. I *assume* they have an interest in keeping their jobs. I hope I've shamed SOMEBODY into thinking about where they are now, and perhaps how much worse it could be. Me? Nope. Won't give any money to any cause. But, I STILL talk about what a great system it was/is. And I don't even work on them. My office still has Wirts great posters on them, my 'casual' conversations about "what was the easiest management job you ever had?" talks invariably bring it up, my discussions with Oracle people get all bogged down, my discussions with networking types get all crosswired, discussions with people trying to do large amount of OLTP go offline after a short while. I just wish that it could keep going, so that I don't sound like an idiot talking about a "long gone by" processing system. Someday, I might even want to get back into the game, and I'll be disappointed if the quarterback has retired.