The joke at the time of the HP-Compaq merger was that the main business synergy was the money they'd save only having to file a single bankruptcy petition. -- rick Loren H. Burlingame wrote: >I know that, at least in the local Minneapolis area, UPS buys >exclusively Compaq/HP computer stuff. > >I am assuming that this would be a nation wide standard (given the >nature of UPS, which is all about standards) > >With a contract like that, it is hard to see how HP could screw things >up so bad as to run themselves out of business. > > >On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:29:33 -0500, Josh Trutwin ><josh at trutwins.homeip.net> wrote: > > >>On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:21:31 -0500 >>Brian Wall <kc0iog at gmail.com> wrote: >> >><snip> >> >> >> >>>HP has been developing some pretty crappy hardware >>>lately, so I expect to see the quality of our servers diminish as >>>time goes on. >>> >>> >>Man, amen about that. My last (it really will be my last) piece of HP hardware was a SCSI CD-RW drive that I have yet to get to function, even on a Winders box. >> >>Josh >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >>Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >>tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list