Good grief! How low did they set their quota expectations? Phil Anthony Director, System Resources United Video Satellite Group 918-488-4059 e-mail: [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Sletten Kenneth W [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, May 18, 1998 2:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Report 3000 made 700 % of sales quota in 1st qtr > > Subscribers to the 3000 NewsWire will already know this > if they have checked the April '98 "Online Extra Update". > But this is such a noteworthy news item that I trust those on > 3000-L who have already seen it will bear with me for repeat > of this excerpt. Forwarded with permission from the 3000 > NewsWire: > > > > Since the HP 3000 division finished at 700 percent of quota > > > for the first quarter by some unconfirmed reports, .... > > > If true, this is a fairly amazing and very encouraging statistic > for the renaissance of the 3000. And while HP may not have > officially confirmed the above number, being the publication > that it is I expect the NewsWire would not have printed it > unless they felt they had a pretty reliable source. > > Any chance HP would like to confirm or deny ??... > ;-) > > Especially given the recent news about "below expectations" > earnings for the most recent quarter for HP as a whole, this > certainly seems like something they would want to include as > a bright spot in the next HP corporate annual report.... Given > previous incarnations of that PR document, confess we're not > exactly holding our breath.... but we live in hope.... > > Ken Sletten