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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: HP split into two |
| Date | 2015-11-06 17:22 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $23.95 |
| Message-ID | <n1injp02or2@news6.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
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On 2015-11-06, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote: > On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 21:19:14 +0000 > Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> On 05/11/2015 14:08, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 05:16:40 -0600 >>> philo <philo@privacy.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Can't say much good about HP. >>>> >>>> I recall when they were known for their excellent test equipment. >>> >>> For a short while they were known for their equally excellent >>> printers, quite a few from that era are still in use. For many years >>> afterwards they traded on the reputation they no longer deserved. It is >>> a pity, there is a market for excellence at a price but the market for >>> cheap crud is so much more profitable. >> >> Profitable until people twig and buy the cheaper rival. Crud is easy to >> rival. > > Yes but sadly there's a big profit spike available if you have a > name for quality and suddenly appear in the middle of the low cost market > with stuff that looks good even if it's really crud. If you're really > clever you fork off the business and sell it just before people start to > catch on. That sounds like the most concise history of HP that I've heard. Do you have a book coming out? -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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