Very interesting article

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/05/technology/05HEWL.html?ex=1052798400&en=7f31b62d062bc0e0&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER

Some highlights for non-subscribers...

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But for many outside experts on corporate research it is still an open question
whether Hewlett can rekindle the synergies it once enjoyed in computing and
materials science research before 1999, when it spun off Agilent, its
scientific equipment and medical instrument business.

"They took away what was really powerful about HP Labs," said Robert Buderi,
editor of Technology Review magazine and an expert on corporate research
laboratories. "They haven't gotten their edge back."

Further on it states...

Susie Wee, an R&D manager at HP Labs in Palo Alto who is an expert in sending
multimedia over wired and wireless networks, said the meeting was a
breakthrough for her project. Her presentation allowed her to meet people in
many different parts of the company who were interested in sharing work in the
field.

"H.P. has all the right parts," she said, "but until now we haven't been able
to bring them together."

-Craig





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