Comments on: HP's many paths to profit

By: Nike Albert, Houston, Texas

Nike Albert, Houston, Texas — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:10:49 +0000

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By: mrhiggins86

mrhiggins86 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:50:35 +0000

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By: A, LA, CA

A, LA, CA — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:20:34 +0000

As businesses cut back even further, sales of printers will slide even more. At some point even the sale of ink will slow, as mentioned by Mr. Fortt, epically as families budget more and more.

By: Jennifer Summers, Bristol

Jennifer Summers, Bristol — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:49:56 +0000

Amazingly, HP could rack up even more profits if they would stop wasting money.

I have a friend who works for HP, and because of travel restrictions instilled to reduce "costs" for that quarter, preventing my friend from travelling actually cost HP $20,000 by not allowing my friend to make this important meeting.

By: Jason Stoons, Austin TX

Jason Stoons, Austin TX — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:28:35 +0000

I first learned about HP in 1974 – 34 years ago. They were manufacturing overseas then. But they were not making consumer PCs and printers then either, their market was test equipment and business computers.

Fast forward to the PC era after 1990 – floppy drives, optical drives, hard drives – nearly all made overseas.

Fast forward again : Compaq was manufacturing PCs in 1997 with parts entirely sourced from overseas.

Today all high-volume laptops are manufactured overseas, and most inexpensive PCs destined for the home market are also. All makers. Printers are all manufactured overseas, not just HP.

HP's business model in the consumer market is thus hugely dependent on the overseas manufacturing – with little to no domestic capacity.

Eventually HP in the US will be no more than a Sales, Software, Service, and Repair company, and the companies it sells to are a replacement market, not an original market.

The question is, will they also be capable of growth in foreign markets, for the real growth is in the expectations of the people in Asian countries.

By: Mark , White Plains NY

Mark , White Plains NY — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:51:24 +0000

Throwing away US jobs is not new, IBM has been doing it for years and is turning it up a notch once again.

By: Jenn, Boulder, CO

Jenn, Boulder, CO — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:15:33 +0000

"Hurd is a less than honorable captain of HP, willing to sink his crew to save himself and his ship."

Sooo… you'd rather that he let the ship sink? That would be much better, right?

The larger problem isn't HP, or any other individual company. If HP doesn't follow the competetion in reducing labor costs and improving efficiency it will end up just like the big 3 auto makers. Hey then maybe they can get the government to bail them out too.

While it would be great to see some big companies like HP standing up for US workers, the long term solutions to problems like offshoring have to be much larger than any single company.

By: Griselda, Alpharetta, GA

Griselda, Alpharetta, GA — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:55:49 +0000

Unpaid time off? Well, that comes as news to this employee. We have already been told we have to take an extra week at Christmas. That means your typical new employee is forced to take 60% of his annual vacation allotment during the holidays.

So, what are you going to cut next, Mark? No doubt it will be yet something else that you and your cronies in California will get to keep due to state law, but the rest of us will lose. Why don't you close down that albatross in Palo Alto and move to one of these 'core' locations you keep forcing your employees to move to?

By: Dawn, Corvallis, Oregon

Dawn, Corvallis, Oregon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:34:43 +0000

One big problem with this article – it doesn't tell the whole truth. HP has sent a HUGE chunk (maybe close to 75%) of it's work force overseas eliminating US jobs. He's thrown his own crew overboard. USA HP sites in America are like ghost towns with maybe a fourth of the workers left, and there are threats for more workers to go. He's given away American jobs to those overseas and people are hurting as a result. Engineers and technicians are out of work and can't find work elsewhere in these tough economic times. The only ones profitting are Hurd and his board of directors, and a few investors who can pick up some of the stock when it's on an upswing. When will people begin to talk about all the American jobs lost to other countries overseas? Why aren't people talking about how this is affecting our country, the economy and American's lives? Hurd is a less than honorable captain of HP, willing to sink his crew to save himself and his ship.

By: Honk Honk Miami Florida

Honk Honk Miami Florida — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:15:20 +0000

I wonder if they'll ever make a, "One Big Button Phone" like rimm? I've heard Circus Clowns all over the world are clamoring for one.