Comments on: Hewlett-Packard solid, Corning shattered

By: corey b, new york ,ny

corey b, new york ,ny — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:15:37 +0000

I HAVE A DELL INSPIRON E1405 LAPTOP ,AND LOVE IT. BUTTTT “HP” IS CATCHING MY EYE WITH ALL THERE “TOUCH-SMART” COMPUTERS AND I LOVE THEM MUCH MORE THAN ANYTHING IVE SEEN YET!! THE ONLY DELL TO CATCH MY EYE WAS THE “XPS” ALL-IN-ONE WITH THE TOUCHPAD ON THE KEYBOARD +1 FOR DELL BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BUY IT . ILL BE BUYING A “TOUCH-SMART” LAPTOP OR DESKTOP !!
JUST PLAY WITH ONE , !I LOVE IT!

By: Dave, Oakland, CA

Dave, Oakland, CA — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:32:26 +0000

Jim you are ignorant. HP is probably the last great American IT company. IBM has sold off many of its divisions to foreign entities. I work for one of the largest companies in the world headquartered in the UK and we do business in over 100 countries. I rely extensively on HP servers and computers because HP is probably the only vendor that honors its warranty and supports its products in all 100 countries. I cannot get warranty support from Dell or Lenovo or Sun in many countries. HP maintains its headquarters in Palo Alto CA and has huge campuses in many US cities employing hundreds or even thousands at each of these campuses. HP also maintains many smaller operations throughout the world. You are a moron Jim.

By: MC, Hyderabad, India

MC, Hyderabad, India — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:41:09 +0000

I worked for HP in India as part of a global team. Whether by Indian Standards or by the standards of my peers in both US and Europe was I paid “slave labour” unless you consider americans are paid below line wages. These are businesses and being competitive in the market, showing shareholders value is the way to run it. The same way Asian markets were giving value for money, there will come a time when the same or better value for money will be got elsewhere like Romania and the truth is it is all ready happening. Eventualy it will all come full circle. Having said that, I can understand that its no consolation for people who loose thier livlihoods.

By: Jason Stoons, Austin TX

Jason Stoons, Austin TX — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:35:04 +0000

To Jon Edowards of Boston, Mass
To Jim of chicago

HP was manufacturing overseas, employing people in other countries, since before 1976, which is when I first learned about the company.

Intel was manufacturing Pentium microprocessors overseas in 1997 – over ten years ago.

Other companies that have been manufacturing overseas for decades include IBM, Alcoa.

There is no way any proxy fight can “bring jobs back” because work has always moved around the world.

By: Sam, Atlanta, Georgia

Sam, Atlanta, Georgia — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:49:41 +0000

I have had 4 IBM Thinkpad starting from 1998. The first 3 were excellent. The last, built by Lennovo is an absolute piece of crap.

By: Lynn, Nashua NH

Lynn, Nashua NH — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:12:27 +0000

Jim – If you want computer or printer equipment, Hp is no worse and most often not as bad as the other major vendors. Lenovo is an Asian company and IBM sold their personal systems business to a foreign company. Dell manufactures outside the US as well. I worked at Hp for 21 years. I left of my own accord. If you like laptops that catch fire, but all means dont buy Hp, seeing as they were the only one of the big 3 IT companies that didnt have this problem. Look it up.

By: Steve, Boston, MA

Steve, Boston, MA — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:31:37 +0000

Why would shareholders force Hurd to resign when the stock has made a killing and the company is making record profits since he took over? I know Jon is not your real name, but you are still an idiot.

By: jim - chicago

jim - chicago — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:30:00 +0000

HP has crapped on the US worker by sending jobs overseas.

I’ll never buy anything from HP and I do my best to steer others from buying HP garbage.

By: Jon Edowards, Boston,Ma.

Jon Edowards, Boston,Ma. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:27:56 +0000

To all institutional Investors-
Hp is going to be hit with a lawsuit and information is going to be given to the SEC regarding how they do business. There is also going to be a porxy fight to force Hurd to step down and bring back the Jobs that HP has shipped overseas and pays slave labor amounts to uthe employees.