4 Sep
2001
4 Sep
'01
10:05 a.m.
I'll be glad to see 'em both crash due to their top-heavy organization and
losing product lines. Maybe something will arise from the ashes that more
closely resembles the HP of old, which didn't mind supporting their own products
with competent service and support, and was steered by management that could see
beyond the next bend in the road.
The only HP things from which I've ever extracted useful work are my plotters
and printers. The HP CAE system we had when I was in the aerospace industry was
an abomination, spliced together from the remnants of unsuccessful enterprises
HP had scavenged from all over the country. I've never seen a DEC/Compaq thing
I liked. I must have observed these companies at the wrong stages in their
respective evolutions.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: HP & Compaq
http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --
> So
what's everyone think about the newest merger, between HP
> and Compaq?
It sure explains why Compaq killed Alpha.
It sure makes me worry about the future of the HP-RISC line. (Although
the new Intel technology may have already sealed its death warrant.)
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