It actually wasn't a bad presentation. At a bit over an hour it was a little long (IMHO), but not bad. They even managed to get in about how HP is committed to binary compatibility and how with the release of IA-64, HP-UX will play nice with NT and Linux in the Superdome. Of course, not a mention or even a hint of MPE, but they did seem to have a good time bashing IBM and especially Sun. And if I ever hear the term "Spank" again relating to a computer it'll be too soon. ------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Paveza, Jr. Technical Services Manager (302) 761-3173 - voice (877) 720-2970 - pager -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Johnson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 1:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [HP3000-L] SuperDome Announced at HPWorld 2000 Forgot to add a subject line to earlier version of this, sorry. After the opening intro speech, there were a series of 5 to 12 second testimonial clips by various CIOs that seemed to be cut off in mid-paragraph. Although none were cut in mid-sentence you got the feeling that some of their statements "could" have been taken out-of-context. This was followed by another speech with a video of the unveiling of the SuperDome product. It appeared on video from behind a fog shroud. My first impression was "The chips are burning!" (Which I said aloud a got a small chuckle from the surrounding attendees.) At that point I was called away by a beep(buzz). Payroll again... Tracy Johnson Justin Thyme Productions Sponsors Empire on the HP3000 at: http://198.190.228.6/