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From: mmcohen@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Michael M. Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: HP9000-7XX, A MODEST PROPOSAL
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Date: 23 Mar 91 12:10:00 GMT
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Reply-To: mmcohen@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Michael M. Cohen)
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The new machines should kick SUN's ass in the unix market,
but a number of managers are resisting purchasing anything
but Sparcs. To ease the transition from SUN to HP machines
I suggest offering reduced price upgrade paths to HP 7XX
series from SUN3&4 machines. Only problem would be what to
do with all the used SUNs which would result...