Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!anise.acc.com!ucbvax!TMASL.EXXON.COM!FERGUSON
From: FERGUSON@TMASL.EXXON.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Future of Apollo
Message-ID: <8906020235.AA00380@umix.cc.umich.edu>
Date: 1 Jun 89 16:36:00 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 20


I just read a small portion of Electronic News, saying that HP executives
have acknowledged plans to phase out the DN10000 in the next few years.
The article also states:

    "Lewis E. Platt, HP executive vice president for the Computer Products
Sector, said once Apollo operations are merged into HP's Workstation
group, up to 750 people, or 17 percent of Apollo's current workforce,
could face layoffs."

My Apollo sales rep has been emphatically telling me I should buy a 10000,
because 1) the future of the product is so bright, and 2) No other
company can give you the stability and support that HP/Apollo can.

What's wrong with this picture?
What do others think about this?

Scott Ferguson
Exxon Corporate Research
Annandale, NJ 08801