"Jim Phillips" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:a6jb930149l@enews3.newsguy.com... > Computerworld headline: > > Users brace for HP/Compaq union > > http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO68964,00.html Another selected quote (actually two run together for sense, but hopefully not altering what was said, or how): "The bottom line is that we have a heritage of taking care of customers, and that's what we'll do going forward," said Jim McDonnell, HP's vice president of marketing for business customers, who estimated that he has met personally with 200 representatives of large companies since the merger announcement. "We won't leave them hanging without products or good solutions." Now there's a comfort. But does it only apply to customers [1] for products not EOLed before the merger takes place? [1] I guess for large businesses, he doesn't need to make the infamous distinction between 'customers', and mere 'owners', of HP products..... -- Roy Brown For whom it seems like MPE will rapidly become My Previous Experience.... :-( * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *