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Post: #5
08-31-2006, 05:42 PM
Trent Moseley Offline
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I was somewhat surprised the other day to find out that of the nine HP calcs I own, the HP-33S does not have the brand name "Hewlett.Packard" anywhere on it!

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Post: #6
09-01-2006, 03:21 AM
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Yes, I've noticed that too. In the old days, HP was proud to spell out the name on their fine machines.

These days...well...


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Post: #7
09-01-2006, 09:19 AM
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Just like others, IBM, AT&T,..., they have gone the acronym route. Less syllables.

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Post: #8
09-01-2006, 01:58 PM
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Since the battle over the Compaq merger, in which board member David Packard vehemently opposed the merger, they've been repositioning themselves as just "HP", downplaying the names of the founders.

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