Received this email from HP, the question is whether it's honest or diplomatically worded bulls%$#@ ?
Dear Valued Customer
>
> We received your mail over the past few days. First of all , let me
> extend a warm "thank you" for your very loyal and unwavering support for
> HP calculators and in particular, our RPN technology.
> Secondly, it is very important that we reassure you that HP will continue
> to offer a full line of both RPN and Algebraic calculators. We have
> currently, under development, an enhanced, new range of financial,
> scientific and graphing calculators to replace the following: HP17BII,
> HP32SII, HP19BII, HP38G, HP39G, HP40G, HP48G, HP48GX and the HP49G. Many
> of you have expressed a strong preference for some of the above products
> and it is important that you receive this reassurance. Please note,
> however, that some of these products have been discontinued but will be
> replaced over the next 6 -12 months, a few as soon as this summer and
> fall. You should be also made aware that you might encounter difficulty
> with buying products being replaced, depending on your geographic region.
>
> Our best selling financial calculators HP12C and HP10BII will continue as
> important parts of our product offering, together with our HP30S
> scientific model. More recently, we introduced two entry level algebraic
> products --the 9s scientific and 9g graphing calculators.
> We are putting your names and e-mail addresses on file and will keep you
> on our customer mailing lists. As and and when we make announcements
> regarding our new product launches and retail availability, we will keep
> you informed. In the meantime, I welcome you to write to me directly if
> you have any questions at all.
> Thank you.
>
> Kind Regards
>
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> Lee-Khuan Goh
> Worldwide Marketing Manager (Calculators)
> Personal Systems Group
> Hewlett Packard Company
> Tel: 858 655 3903
> External E-mail: lee-khuan_goh@hp.com