[Info-vax] OT: news from the trenches (re: Solaris)

[Bob Koehler]

In article <mailman.75.1426497998.1165.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, <lists at openmailbox.org> writes:
> 
> That reminds me of the old HP. There is a story, I don't remember the
> details very well, that one of the founders heard of a bug in one of the
> calculators (HP-35?) and told the engineers to get it fixed and replace all
> the units in the field right away. The engineer said something like "we'll
> end up giving the units away for what it's going to cost to replace them"
> and the story goes the founder's pencil snapped from anger and he explained
> in unequivocal terms that bad designs in customers' hands was not
> acceptable. There was a time when that was a lot more common.

   That must have been back in the days then HP was run by Mr. Hewlett or
   Mr. Packard.

   I didn't surive LaCarly when the founder's son was pushed off the
   board.