The Apple logo says nothing about what "Apple" does but... it looks like an apple. Likewise, the letters H and P say nothing about Hewlett Packard's business.

The Apple logo says nothing about what "Apple" does but... it looks like an apple. Likewise, the letters H and P say nothing about Hewlett Packard's business. That wasn't the criticism though. It was that the letters were unrecognizable as an "h" and a "p".