The ex-CEO of whom you speak was never over the instrument business. The Agilent spinoff occurred just before that reign. Many people seem to have that mistaken notion.
>From Tom Holmes, N8ZM > On Feb 14, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Gregory Muir <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having been in the product design world (both MIL and commercial/medical) for > most of my life, I developed a very deep respect for HP quality and > reliability over the years. It wasn't uncommon for management to peek into > the lab and find me poking around inside a piece of HP equipment to see how > the "big boys" did their designs. It was a wonderful learning lesson. As a > matter of fact, Tek was just as much in there as well but HP always seemed to > trump Tek's quality with respect to the robustness of both the electronic > and mechanical aspects. > > There were many times when involved in a design review than I would lug a > piece of partially disemboweled HP test gear from the lab into the meeting > room and say "see how it can be done?" to convince the other engineers and > management that a product can truly be developed without considerable effort > that will not only be more reliable but also simply be put tougher with more > thought. And it is a well known fact that electronics engineers do not > necessarily have the best ideas when it comes to putting circuitry in a box. > And in smaller companies, there is often a belief amongst managers that > packaging engineers are not an affordable luxury so that responsibility is > thrust upon the electronic gearheads to do their best. > > As a sidebar (with additional respects to Mr. Vollum and company), Bill and > Dave managed to foster a very Spartan company with a life and products which > not only greatly assisted the engineering and service communities with their > professions but also became a model for many businesses to follow. It is > unfortunate that a CEO had to come along who had little understanding of this > tradition and manage to pillage the company and leave it as it now stands. > But the HP tradition has persevered to a great extent and the new fledgling > is still continuing to produce products of outstanding quality. So I look at > the present standing of that ex-CEO and am silently happy that they have lost > their political bid for office given a possible fate of the whole nation to > follow in the same path. > > Greg > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
