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From: mcb@hpfcls.HP.COM (Mike Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: hp9000 ser. 500 hpux
Message-ID: <4760006@hpfcls.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Feb 88 16:11:51 GMT
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Re: Support life of s500

ckw@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Chick Webb) says:

> HP has *not* stopped supporting the S500, we've just stopped *selling*
> them.  As with all of our computing products, we remain committed
> to *supporting* them for 5 years following obsolesence.

I believe our support life is 10 years.  My efforts to obtain support
lives for our competition failed.  This quantity is something to consider in
any vendor that you purchase from.

Mike Berry, Ft Collins HP