If I were to pay that kind of money for something it would be Crestron or AMX. Why pay Ferrari money for a "Lexus"?
Not sure I understand the HP situation. Who has to deal with HP tech support, the CI or the end user? Is this piece client supplied and CI supported for free? Where do I sign up!
I am sure this product once stabilized on the backs of the CI community, will be in BB CC et all.
M$ is pushing into the living room and beyond, adjust your biz model or loose.
I am sure most of these questions are answered at the EI sight, I guess I will further investigate this HP angle. Only because it interests me to understand why in heck I would want to deal with a product with no margins and a unlimited amount of headaches.
One last thing, the amount of marketing dollars spent is troubling. In this industry it seems the more you are spending on Ads the less dependable the product is...