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So you'll just have to park in the street

Published Friday 18th May 2007 23:50 GMT

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How the mighty have fallen ... 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Saturday 19th May 2007 12:20 GMT

"Within the protective womb of its four walls, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939 conceived what would become the largest PC vendor in world."

And if they could see what their company has become, I'd hazard a guess that Bill and Dave are revolving in their graves at electricity-generating speeds.

Pot meet kettle 

By Les Matthew
Posted Saturday 19th May 2007 12:34 GMT

This from the linked pic article made me chuckle.

"A note from the HP Corporate Archives:

...

and HP urges you to respect the privacy of our neighbors."

the word "pretext" springs to mind.

This is the same HP... 

By Stuart Van Onselen
Posted Monday 21st May 2007 06:39 GMT

...that practically disavowed the founder families when one member dissed their planned "merger" with Compaq?

What's the company's name again?

It's "HP", no ...ewlitt or ...ackard to be seen.

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