Gavin writes:
> I happened to see a big display of cheap ($50 after rebate) HP printers at a
> store the other day.
>
> The thing that made this interesting was that this pile of HP printers was
> in the produce department of my local supermarket.
>
> Actually these particular printers carried the "Apollo" brand which HP has
> recycled from their takeover of the Apollo computer workstation company as
a
> brand name for their line of printers which are so cheap that they don't
> want their own name on them. I'm sure this goes over big with ex-Apollo
> employees :-)
In that regard (associated with pleasing ex-Apollo employees), see:
http://www.myapollo.com/products/barbie.htm
BTW, Apollo is a wholly-owned independent subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard, very
much in line with the model that I have occasionally suggested for CSY.
Wirt Atmar