I've been purchasing HP products since 1956, when the HP product line was the only game in town in many electronic devices. HP seemed to lose many of their innovative skills when they first tried to compete with Tektronix in oscilloscopes and became sort of a "me, too" operation over the years, relying on acquisitions at the expense of internal growth. I have a very close college classmate of mine who was, before his retirement, an exceptionally bright and creative engineer. This guy went to work for HP sometime in the '70s and worked there for many years. Guess what his last job at HP was before he retired? Wrong! He worked in production control in a manufacturing facility. Then, when HP spun of Agilent, the company pretty much decided that innovative engineering was not its bag. Too Bad.
You are correct. HP needs to regain its vision.
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