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I've got a good friend who was in EDS when HP bought them, and is still there now. This move by HP doesn't surprise me at all. That company has been floundering
by jameskilton 15y ago
I've got a good friend who was in EDS when HP bought them, and is still there now. This move by HP doesn't surprise me at all. That company has been floundering for a while, and their management is clueless as to where to go from here.
Nice little tid-bit: HP finally ended the EDS name after a yearly financial report (I don't remember which year) showed that the EDS division was the only profitable group in HP that year, and not only that but profitable enough to offset the losses everywhere else.
HP should go back to printers and stay there. Their computers have been horrible, buying Palm AND Compaq destroyed their bottom line, and the WebOS tablet is failing miserably.
- adolph 15y agoDo you mean EDS? What was EBS?
- jameskilton 15y agoBah yes, EDS. Fixing my post, thanks.
- dillona 15y agoI don't think their computers have been horrible. I love my HP workstation, and their blade offerings are pretty impressive
- dr_ 15y agoTheir computers are not horrible, at least not on the higher end. But the fact of the matter is, if people are looking at higher end devices, they may lean towards a Mac. Their tablets are clearly not selling well. And on the low end, asustek is competing aggressively. Focusing on services seems to be the way to go, I think the Opsware acquisition has done ok for them.