[HPCC-Conf] HP announcement To the HP User Community

Fri Oct 11 12:32:01 2002

Hi!

I have written to Blondel, and he said that my email
has been forwared to European manager (wasn't he
supposed to be European manager?)...

About the annoucement, there is a word that says it
all: "outsourcing". I study industrial management, and
it is the same word here, it is part fo the "new"
vision for management. 

About using "us" as partners, it is clear that this
community is well known for the amount of ideas they
could have and the knowledge you have about. And if
they want to start right, they should take care with
your thoughts.

And we have a similar situation in Microsoft using
advanced users as "partners". There is a figure in
Microsoft, called MVP (Most Value Professional), that
is not a Microsoft employee, but promotes Microsoft
products in his country. As reward, he gets discounts,
special products offers,... The MVP are people known
in their countries by their Microsoft product
knowledge. I know the Spansh PocketPC MVP, and he
started as "windowsce" fan doing a website.. Now, he
travels to European PocketPC meetings and those kind
of business. How Microsoft use him as "partner"? Well,
his website is a reference for PocketPC info in
Spanish. 

Sure, we will see more news before the end of this
month, I am sure. Maybe 26th, we will see more...

Best regards,

 --- "Schwartz, Jacob G" <jacob.g.schwartz@lmco.com>
escribió: > Has anybody called any of the three phone
numbers
> yet to
> obtain "more information"
> 
> Jake Schwartz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Ringrose
> [mailto:mark@ringrose.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 1:49 PM
> To: hpcc-conf@lists.handheld.org
> Subject: Re: [HPCC-Conf] HP announcement To the HP
> User Community
> 
> 
> Richard,
> 
> This is encouraging and thanks for letting us know. 
> I am a little confused
> by the message though.  To whom is or was it
> originally addressed?  Is the
> November 10th date a mistake (i.e. should it read
> October), or is it a
> prepared note to someone for release later? 
> Presumably it's just a mistake
> because the note later refers to "from November
> 1st".
> 
> When it reads "tighter focus on you as our partner",
> who exactly is the
> "you"?  The note describes a business model rather
> than the product.  Does
> it mean all of us, the people of the world, or
> particular HP partners and
> businesses?
> 
> It's a bit of a teaser  - not revealing very much
> :-)  I liked the
> "intensely loyal customers" line in the
> presentation.  Sounds better than
> fanatics :-)
> 
> I'm also a bit surprised that no-one else has
> responded (publicly in
> HPPC-Conf) to this note yet.  Did I miss something?
> 
> Thanks for posting the note anyway Richard.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Nelson" <rjnelson@aemf.org>
> To: <hpcc-conf@lists.handheld.org>
> Sent: 10 October 2002 22:01
> Subject: [HPCC-Conf] HP announcement To the HP User
> Community
> 
> 
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > News From HP,  November 10, 2002:
> >
> > We are very excited and pleased to inform you
> today that the
> > new HP is formally re-launching its calculator
> business.  We
> > also wish to confirm our commitment to this
> business and
> > reassure you that we are actively developing our
> calculator
> > product offering!
> >
> > This fall, on November 1, we will formally
> introduce to you
> > our new "Strategic Touch" business model.  In a
> nutshell, this
> > means enhanced sales support, tighter focus on you
> as our
> > partner, greater responsiveness and quicker
> product development-
> > to-market turnaround and delivery.
> >
> > To support this model, we have set in place a
> dedicated worldwide
> > management team with expertise in all key business
> functions.
> > This team operates with "outsourced" strategic
> procurement and
> > enhanced partnering arrangements.  We will be
> working with you
> > to ensure this new business model maps well
> against your evolving
> > needs.
> >
> > For now, be confident that HP will continue to
> offer a full line of
> > both Algebraic and RPN calculators. Our best
> selling financial
> > calculators (HP12C and HP10BII) will continue as
> important parts
> > of our product offering, together with our HP30S
> scientific model.
> > We are also currently developing a new range of
> graphing calculators
> > to enhance the following:  HP38G, HP39G, HP40G,
> HP48G,
> > HP48GX and the HP49G.  As we make this exciting
> transition together,
> > we are pleased to offer you an extraordinary "one
> season" opportunity
> > to purchase our outgoing products.
> >
> > As we move closer to November 1, please log onto
> this url and share
> > in our excitement!
> >
> >
>
http://staging.porternovelli.com/sanfrancisco/ecards/hpcalc/
> >
> > Thank you and we will be in touch again very, very
> soon!
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Lee-Khuan  Goh
> > Worldwide Marketing Manager  (Calculators)
> > Personal Systems Group
> > Hewlett Packard Company
> >
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> >
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