[Info-vax] FWIW: HP to spin off PSG?

Howard S Shubs howard at shubs.net
Sun Aug 21 13:43:12 EDT 2011


In article <j2qaks$jds$4 at online.de>,
 helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) 
 wrote:

> What happened in the PC world?  Microsoft, running on Intel or a clone 
> of it, is the de-facto standard.  No-one can compete, even with better 
> quality.  The same goes for Apple and its various products.  Maybe HP 
> realise they don't have a chance and are cutting their losses.

They're just getting rid of low margin manufacturing.  No more 
consumer-grade machines of any sort, excepting maybe printing (not PSG) 
'cause there's good margin in ink and toner.  They're sticking with the 
Gillette model where they can.

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