On January 13, R. D. Davis wrote:
Apparently seeing his company deteriorate led to his
death. Hewlett
Packard once produced equipment of very high quality, but, alas, it's
product quality has greatly deteriorated and HP appears to consist
mostly of marketing smoke and mirrors, only remaining in business
because of the once excellent products that are associated with the
company name.
Granted there's more plastic in them than there used to be, but HP
still makes the best test equipment that money can buy, as far as I'm
concerned. There's no smoke or mirrors in their test equipment
lineup.
-Dave McGuire