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Ironically, the parent HP is the brand licensing I remember... On this day of looking forward to new Apple products, and looking back (Steve Jobs archive on th
by watersb 4y ago
Ironically, the parent HP is the brand licensing I remember...
On this day of looking forward to new Apple products, and looking back (Steve Jobs archive on the HN front page at the moment) let us not forget one more thing:
iPod•HP
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod%2BHP https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod%2BHP
- codetrotter 4y ago> Steve Jobs archive on the HN front page at the moment For anyone else looking: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32760695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32760695
- martyvis 4y agoI was an employee of HP then (still at HPE, a result of the split). I recall when these products came out and Carly was promoting it, Apple's market cap was around $6B and HP's was 10 times that at around $60B. Some of us were thinking it would be cool if Carly did a deal with Steve and buy Apple. I'm not sure if the culture clash would have worked. But within 10 years the stock numbers were reversed and we were not in so great a position being split up.