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"philo" wrote:

> I recall when they were known for their excellent test equipment.
>
>
> One of my friends worked there for many years...he wrote their printer 
> drivers.
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> When he hit 60 though they got rid of him.
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> He told me that HP once made products that no one else could make...and 
> now they just make products that no one else wants to bother with.

I remember opening up my new HP-35 and seeing the super flexible power cord 
and thinking, these are *real* engineers. Soft carrying case, hard carrying 
case, nice manual, RPN. It left all the competitors in the dust.  ISTR they 
had a nice monthly bulletin, their equivalent to the BSTJ. Circa 1976.  They 
described putting clocks in planes and flying them around the world to see 
if Einstein was right.

It's so sad. 

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            Re: HP split into two "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-05 18:44 +0000
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          Re: HP split into two Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-11-05 21:16 +0000
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