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Re:IBM Bob by InvisibleUp on Friday September 04, 2026 @04:51PM (#49570064)
The fun parts of HP split off years ago into Agilent, Keysight, and HPE. Current HP is just a printer and office PC corp.
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Re:IBM Bob by fmajid on Friday September 04, 2026 @08:09PM (#49571671)
The most valuable offspring of HP is Broadcom, just as ASML is the most valuable offspring of Philips.
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Re:IBM Bob by nxobject on Friday September 04, 2026 @05:59PM (#49570738)
As a fun addition, I think the atomic clock/time standards division went HP → Agilent → Symmetricom → Microsemi → Microchip. You could have bought a HP 5071A Cesium Frequency Standard under all of these badges!

https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/clock-and-timing/co...

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Re:IBM Bob by formerly_proven on Saturday September 05, 2026 @08:49AM (#49576042)
Those HP System II enclosures introduced in the late 60s sure have a very long lifespan.
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Re:IBM Bob by etc-hosts on Friday September 04, 2026 @07:18PM (#49571327)
dont forget Autonomy !
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