Off-topic, but interesting (Fiorina fired)

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Mostly, but not entirely.

Besides, even for the ones they did get by acquisition, it doesn't change the
fact that HP makes them ** now **.  I think that big-business CIOs make
decisions 99% based on good technology and good value, and maybe 1% on some
artificial concept of a vendor's culture.

No one mentioned software yet.  Let's not forget the success of OpenView. 

--- Pierre Gebhardt <cheri-post at web.de> wrote:

> news at computercollector.com, "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
> Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> schrieb am 10.02.05 17:50:43:
> > 
> > Well the storage business is certainly "glued on" -- it's mostly a
> combination
> > of Compaq remnants, stuff licensed from Hitachi, and stuff resold from tape
> > vendors.  But HP does have very strong servers.  
> 
> Didn't HP stop the production of their own servers in order to take over the
> very good server series built by Compaq (and DEC) ?
> 
> Pierre
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