Bruce, > Just wondering: to what extent could this proposed ad reinforce the > widely-held opinion that HP is pulling the plug on MPE? In effect, HP's upper management is pulling the plug on MPE - or at least their efforts are about as helpful as drilling holes in a boat to let the water out. So, at least, it appears to me. This puts us in quite the dilema. But yes, I agree, we need to pay close attention to the wording. - Cortlandt "Bruce Toback" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:399da7eb$5_2@skycache-news.fidnet.com... > Hi all, > > Just wondering: to what extent could this proposed ad reinforce the > widely-held opinion that HP is pulling the plug on MPE? Unless it's > worded very carefully, it could have just that effect. Most of the > proposals so far would be a gift to IBM. If I were selling AS/400s > against MPE, I'd carry a copy of the ad with me and say, "See the kind of > vendor support you can expect from HP?" > > Any "Hey, Carly" [cringe] -type ad ought to reference evidence (not > opinion) that the HPe3000 is a financially-successful product in order to > blunt that kind of use. > > -- Bruce > > PS. Why is it that Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs... get to be > called by their full names, but Carly Fiorina just gets "Carly"? On the > other hand, even HP's own press office calls her "Carly", so maybe > there's some advantage to it. I recall that Paul Chu, discoverer of > high-temperature superconductivity, used to have a trick when the > chemicals he needed were in short supply: he'd have his female graduate > students call the male sales reps, and male grad students call the female > sales reps. I wonder if that's why she's "Carly" even to HP's PR people. > > - B > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Bruce Toback Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends; > OPT, Inc. (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night; > 11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142 | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - > Phoenix AZ 85028 | It gives a lovely light. > btoback AT optc.com | -- Edna St. Vincent Millay > Mail sent to [log in to unmask] will be inspected for a > fee of US$250. Mailing to said address constitutes agreement to > pay, including collection costs. >