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Heh, it used to be a joke that HP was basically an ink company. Seems to become more true every day.
by sliken 11y ago
Heh, it used to be a joke that HP was basically an ink company. Seems to become more true every day.
- steveax 11y agoHa! Anyone remember PrintPaks [1]? A Portland OR company that HP invested in. The model was to churn out "Create a <foo>" kits that were all about using ink. Disclaimer: I worked at a PDX company (ImageBuilder Software) in the 90's that created a number of those kits for PrintPaks, although I never worked on a team that was doing those products. [1]: http://www.abebooks.com/Home-Project-Kit-Includes-Disney-Interactives/1389675014/bd http://www.abebooks.com/Home-Project-Kit-Includes-Disney-Int...
- tsotha 11y agoIt's really sad. When I graduated from college HP was where you really wanted to work. They had all kinds of cool high tech test equipment and parts. And they had a policy of never laying off people - during industry downturns they'd hang on to everybody and tough it out until the economy recovered. For whatever reason they spun off the high tech bits (as Agilent) and became a PC/printer company. I'll never understand that decision.