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From: rodmur@csuchico.edu (D.A. Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP promo
Message-ID: <1990Aug17.000235.10891@csuchico.edu>
Date: 17 Aug 90 00:02:35 GMT
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In article <5088@uafhp.uark.edu> mea1@uafhcx.uucp (Mark _E_ Amos) writes:
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>
>  Congratulations, consumers - you have just taken part in what is popularly
>  known as "field beta testing" with a twist:  You PAID HP to test their
>  product.  Now that you've gotten the majority of the bugs discovered and hp
>  has Rev D up with no "major" flaws, it's time to really begin genuine sales
>  and promotions to the public.  All you loyal hp fans out there have served a
>  great purpose in the scheme of things, and you should be glad you paid for
>  the priviledge...
>
>Just too bad I too dropped the cash for both the SX and the Eq. Lib card.  I
>don't think the Rev E theory is true - I believe the above paragraph is closer
>to the truth, as I have seen this tactic before (the American auto makers have
>been at it for years), but never thought HP would
>lower themselves to this depth.  This product, while arguably the greatest

I think HP has always done this, just what do you think the 28C was except one
big test.  I rather felt burned when the 28S came out only a year later. 
So I really have no simpathy for any of you, all the corporations do this,
it's life, face it, wake up and smell the roses, etc.,etc.,etc.,. One big
blunder and they could face losing tens or even hundreds of millions, and
that's not good in this day with everbody focused on short-term profits.

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