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From: garvey@cmic.UUCP (Joe Garvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 3rd Party Software attitude
Message-ID: <225@cmic.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 90 02:24:28 GMT
Organization: Califonia Microwave Inc., Sunnyvale, CA.
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>>Anybody know the President of HPs' number?
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>>Tony Burzio               * Oh no, not again!
>>Martin Marietta Labs      *
>>mmlai!burzio@uunet.uu.net *
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>Boy do I sympathize.
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>jim sadler
>206-234-9009	email	uunet!bcstec!jsadler|root  | hplabs!hpubvwa!b-mrda!jim

HP's 3rd party support has caused me a great deal of grief too. HP seems
to look at third parties as leaches (even if the products don't compete
with HP). If you're a third party vendor... Sun will loan you a development
system... HP (usually, in my experience) seems to want the 3rd party vendors to
by (at retail) a development system. So Sun generates a larger volume (and
more sales $$) while customers suffer with limited choices of software. Sigh.

>>>>> Business Week lists ole Johnny Young's phone # as 415-857-1501. <<<<<

I haven't tried it. Maybe I will after I try to renew my support contract for
this year (HP changed the part numbers/descriptions/configuration, again).

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Joe Garvey                       UUCP: {apple,backbone}!versatc!mips!cmic!garvey
California Microwave             Internet: garvey%cmic@mips.com
990 Almanor Ave                  HP Desk: xxx ("mips!cmic!garvey")/hp1900/ux
Sunnyvale, Ca, 94086             800-831-3104 (outside CA)
408-720-6439 (let it ring)       800-824-7814 (inside CA)