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HP Trivia Message #1 Posted by Trent Moseley on 31 Aug 2006, 5:42 p.m. I was somewhat surprised the other day to find out that of the nine HP calcs I own, the HP-33S does not have the brand name "Hewlett.Packard" anywhere on it! tm

Re: HP Trivia Message #2 Posted by Hal on 1 Sept 2006, 3:21 a.m., in response to message #1 by Trent Moseley Yes, I've noticed that too. In the old days, HP was proud to spell out the name on their fine machines. These days...well... Hal :/

Re: HP Trivia Message #3 Posted by Timespace on 1 Sept 2006, 9:19 a.m., in response to message #2 by Hal Just like others, IBM, AT&T,..., they have gone the acronym route. Less syllables.

Re: HP Trivia Message #4 Posted by Eric Smith on 1 Sept 2006, 1:58 p.m., in response to message #1 by Trent Moseley Since the battle over the Compaq merger, in which board member David Packard vehemently opposed the merger, they've been repositioning themselves as just "HP", downplaying the names of the founders.

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