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

[Howard S Shubs]

In article <4e51686d$0$955$c3e8da3$9f400e27 at news.astraweb.com>,
 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> It is interesting that HP would be throwing in the towel so quickly. It
> is after all a big guy and should have the ability to compete. It should
> have the financial and human resources to produce a top notch product.
> Or did HP make Palm's talent redundant and choose to have offshore
> drones "maintain" the software ?

Oh, they' NEVER do THAT!


> If Apple is in the mobile market, it can't be because margins are too low.

Apple has the ability to dictate price.  Others don't seem to.  HP might 
have, but they apparently don't have the stamina.


> Lets see how Apotheker handles HP-UX, VMS, NSK and Itanium. I have a
> feeling those will be the next shoe to drop.

What Hurd did really bothers me.  How much of what he's doing with 
Oracle is hype?

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