1 INFO-VAX	Thu, 31 Mar 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 179       Contents:P A Pure Herbal Needed for Vitiligo white patches who will help me to get rid of w* Re: New HP CEO Announced - Mark Hurd (NCR)* Re: New HP CEO Announced - Mark Hurd (NCR)* Re: New HP CEO Announced - Mark Hurd (NCR) Re: Possible faulty drive   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  + Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:17:54 +0000 (UTC) " From: "Bill" <ezza_bill@yahoo.com>Y Subject: A Pure Herbal Needed for Vitiligo white patches who will help me to get rid of w $ Message-ID: <d2f8ii$57v$1@online.de>   illegal message cancelled    ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:31:09 -0500 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> 3 Subject: Re: New HP CEO Announced - Mark Hurd (NCR) B Message-ID: <1112214676.f864c1ebfc965c410e2e8eaf48585d3d@teranews>   John Smith wrote: , > Wonder what he'll cut first - PC's or VMS?  D First, he must decide whether to keep HP as one company, or spin off certain divisions.  F A good CEO would not look at current performance, but rather potentialF for profits. For instance, does the storage unit (under Stallard) haveH the potential to be very profitable ? If so, then the question is how to$ fix it so that it achieves its goal.  < There is also the question of how to structure the marketing= organisation to properly cater to enterprise and to consumer.   C The new CEO doesn't have any political payback he owes to guys like F Winkler or Stallard, and if he finds them to be inept, he doesn't have to keep them around.  F On the other hand, the new CEO may have a clear mandate from the boardK and the board may have already made some big decisions on the future of HP.   H Carly didn't seem to have any problems firing people. So I don't suspectD that big rounds of layoffs would begin immediatly. (That had been anE accusation of Olsen who didn't want to make massive layoffs, and when D Palmer was given the keys to Digital, it dodn't take long for him to begin a slash and burn policy.)     D This is where Gerstner was so excellent: because he didn't know muchD about computers, he would force his staff to explain to him what wasH going on. So instead of having preconceived ideas of what had to happen,C and instead of blindly listening to a few key people's opinions, he  wanted explanations.  @ If I were in Hurd's shoes, I would ask WHY the PC division isn't= competitive with Dell.  Are manufacturing costs higher ?  Are 4 distribution costs higher ? Marketing ? Support  ?    F The opportunity for VMS here would be to make damned sure that Mr HurdC knows that VMS has been neglected and that an infusion of marketing C money to announce to the world that VMS is alive and kicking woukld  yield great results.   ------------------------------   Date: 30 Mar 2005 21:26:05 GMT( From: bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)3 Subject: Re: New HP CEO Announced - Mark Hurd (NCR) , Message-ID: <3b0jrcF6dlis5U2@individual.net>  , In article <-qSdneA6aZltNtffRVn-rA@igs.net>,& 	"John Smith" <a@nonymous.com> writes:H > According to Associated Press, Hurd has a reputation as a cost-cutter. > , > Wonder what he'll cut first - PC's or VMS? >   " Now that's a silly question.......   bill   --  J Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolvesD bill@cs.scranton.edu     |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton   |A Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>       ------------------------------    Date: 30 Mar 2005 19:40:06 -0800$ From: "AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com>3 Subject: Re: New HP CEO Announced - Mark Hurd (NCR) C Message-ID: <1112240405.995213.306110@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>    John Smith wrote: ; > According to Associated Press, Hurd has a reputation as a  cost-cutter. > , > Wonder what he'll cut first - PC's or VMS?    D Already with the gloom and doom. The guy hasn't even unpacked yet if he's even that far!   3 Do we really need the worst case scenarios already?   ! Do you consider VMS to be a cost?      > Main, Kerry wrote: > > All, > > A > > The readers of this list might be interested in the following $ > > announcement and press articles:   [CEO announcement cut]   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:35:18 -0500 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> " Subject: Re: Possible faulty driveB Message-ID: <1112218513.b8178d9b2aa09a566fac9162b9918d7b@teranews>   issinoho wrote:  > I > Just got a real cheap new drive from ebay and am having trouble getting  > her fired up.  > F > Can anyone help me diagnose the problem with this drive. If I try to+ > INIT it I get a simple 'INIT-F-DEVCMDERR'     G You may wish to try testing the device from the >>> prompt. (as opposed  from testing it from VMS).  D Also, isn't there a RZDISK utility that gets/sets parameters of disk drives from within VMS ?    E If VMS sees the device, it means that the rom/hardware was able to do + sufficient talking to the device to see it.    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.179 ************************