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Re: Disappointed again.
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Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:43:47 -0500
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Except HP sucks at software. Except OpenView. What about printing?
Blades? ProCurve? I can see exiting the vicious, low-margin PC
business. Can't see HP as a software and consulting business only.

On 8/22/11, John Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> An analyst interviewed on CNBC today thinks that HP's Board is
> trending out of the hardware business and going to concentrate on
> software and become a software company.
>
> John Lee
>
>
>
> At 08:54 AM 08/22/2011, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>>Ok, but it's not the same thing at all.  In this case, HP expended a
>>great deal of money and assorted resources coming very late to the
>>party with an offering what was no better than what was already
>>there.  In my view they offered nothing new or innovative.
>>
>>What amazes me is the speed at which they realized they had messed
>>up and pulled the plug on this fiasco, rather than drag it out.
>>
>>Denys
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>Behalf Of Brice Yokem
>>Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 8:40 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Disappointed again.
>>
>>Reminds me of what Techtronix did many years ago.  They wanted to
>>come up with the best terminal and invested a pile of money, then
>>cancelled it when someone else came out with a better one.
>>
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