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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler
Then HP was split: they went part of Agilent.
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Which I thought was a sad event - along with the disappearance of Compaq.
However, in the ever-changing technological market-place - such as this one - where change can be so rapid, to survive, some firms do indeed need to make such changes. In a phrase, 'adapt or perish'.
Some time ago, there was an interesting thread about the disappearance of long-established British electronics manufacturing companies - and the reasons why. So perhaps HP saw the writing on the wall that those UK companies didn't - and acted accordingly.
Al.