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Does anyone take HP seriously as a modern software company? Although I haven't looked into their operations and financials, my impression is that they sell ple
by sk5t 14y ago
Does anyone take HP seriously as a modern software company? Although I haven't looked into their operations and financials, my impression is that they sell plenty of servers (going on the Compaq legacy); a certain amount of ill-regarded desktops, laptops, and peripherals; probably lots of scientific equipment like oscilloscopes, gas chromatographs, etc.; and networking hardware. Of course there are also printers, but their once-wonderful reputation has dropped precipitously since the 1990s.
- rglovejoy 14y agoThe scientific equipment business was spun off into a new company, Agilent, in 1999. Some argue that Agilent is the 'real' HP.
- csours 14y agoNope, and I work there (for now, briefly).
- dmfdmf 14y agoHP desktops and networking hardware is good. I don't know about their laptops but they were horrible 4 or 5 years ago. Their printer division has been resting on its laurels for almost a decade and its not clear if the hardware is any good because the software that ships with HP printers is SO bad its impossible to say.
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- amorphid 14y agoI print a few pages a week, scan something occasionally, and almost never fax, but I like to have the option to do these things. When I but a cheap-ish all-in-one printer, I specifically avoid HP. My expectations for cheap-o printers are low, but the last two HP printers felt way too flimsy, they installed too much bloatware, and on the last one I could never get the scanner to work. I've had much better luck with Brother and Epson products.
- ScottBurson 14y agoHP's software division is actually doing pretty well except for Autonomy. Of their other recent acquisitions, Vertica is doing great, ArcSight is doing pretty well, Fortify (where I work) is doing pretty well. But HP Software accounts for only 3% or 4% of HP's revenue.
- TY 14y agoVertica is a great product, probably the only thing I like about HP at the moment.
- dagw 14y agoill-regarded desktops, laptops While their consumer and low end stuff is pretty crap, Their top end line of workstations (Z-series) and laptops (Mobile Workstation) are pretty good. We use them at work and they are certainly no worse than anybody else and better than most.