Everything “HP” is terrible.

[ignaloidas@not.acu.lt]

@gsuberland@chaos.social @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io HP still makes metrology gear??? Thought it was entirely separate these days

[gsuberland@chaos.social]

@ignaloidas @thomasfuchs oh, maybe? I thought it still had a HP badge at least

[ignaloidas@not.acu.lt]

@gsuberland@chaos.social @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io as far as I can tell, HP these days is consumer only (HPE is an entirely different company with a different ticker, same for Agilent and Keysight)

[tehstu@hachyderm.io]

@thomasfuchs Yup. Sure. Not read them, Those are fighting words, sir.

[jimfl@hachyderm.io]

@thomasfuchs My H.P. Lovecraft has an error: “Please replace the Eldritch Horror cartridge“

[tezoatlipoca@mas.to]

@mavnn plus everyone knows 57 sauce is the best except we're now allowed to have in Canada anymore.

[wendinoakland@beige.party]

@thomasfuchs The legislative body?

[janeimber@mstdn.social]

@thomasfuchs I've been using an HP printer for over 30 years without a single repair.

[curtosis@mastodon.social]

@ignaloidas

Yep. 4 separate companies.

“HP Inc.”(HPQ) makes enshittified consumer printers and computers.

“Hewlett Packard Enterprise” (HPE) is what it says on the tin. Enterprise (mostly big; they own Cray and SGI) machines and networking (Aruba).

“Agilent” (A) is now all biotech and life sciences lab and clinical equipment; used to include the test & measurement equipment.

“Keysight” (KEYS) is now the successor of the legendary HP test equipment lineage.

@gsuberland @thomasfuchs

[malte@anticapitalist.party]

@thomasfuchs the exception would be the original hp,com created by a teenager learning and sharing how to create homepages, and who got sued by hewlett-packard because they were a bit late to the party (internet)

[malte@anticapitalist.party]

@thomasfuchs , the baxxter

[elithebearded@fed.qaz.red]

@andrew @thomasfuchs

The HP franchise is terrible, too