:''HP redirects here. For other uses see HP (disambiguation).'' The Hewlett-Packard Company , commonly known as HP, is a very large global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. Its products are concentrated in the fields of computing, printing, and digital imaging. It also sells software and services. ==Company history== ===From '39 until the seventies=== HP was founded in 1939 by William Hewlett and David Packard, who had both graduated from Stanford University in 1934, as a manufacturer of test and measurement instruments. Their first product was a precision audio oscillator, the Model 200A. Their innovation was the use of a light bulb as a temperature stabilized resistor in a critical portion of the circuit. This allowed them to sell the Model 200A for $54.40 when competitors were selling less stable oscillators for over United States dollar 200. One of their earliest customers was The Walt Disney Company , who bought eight Model 200B oscillators (at $71.50 each) for use in testing the Fantasound surround sound system for the movie ''Fantasia (movie)''. ===First Computers=== HP is [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/mustread.html?pg=11 acknowledged by] ''Wired Magazine'' magazine as the producer of the world's first personal computer, in 1968, the Hewlett-Packard 9100A. HP called it a desktop calculator because, as Bill Hewlett said, "If we had called it a computer, it would have been rejected by our customers' computer gurus because it didn't look like an IBM mainframe. We therefore decided to call it a calculator, and all such nonsense disappeared". The company earned global respect for a variety of products. They introduced the world's first ''handheld scientific electronic calculator'' in 1972 (the HP-35), the first ''handheld programmable'' in 1974 (the HP-65), and the first ''alphanumeric, programmable, expandable'' in 1979 (the HP-41), the first symbolic and graphing calculator HP-28s. Like their scientific and business calculators, their oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other measurement instruments have a reputation for sturdiness and usability (the latter products are now part of spin-off Agilent Technologies's product line). The company's design philosophy in this period was summarized as "design for the guy at the next bench". HP is recognized as the symbolic founder of Silicon Valley, although it did not actively investigate semiconductor devices until a few years after the "Traitorous Eight" had abandoned William Shockley to create Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. Hewlett-Packard's HP Associates division, established around 1960, developed semiconductor devices primarily for internal use. Instruments and calculators were some of the products using these devices. ===The eighties and beyond=== In 1984, HP introduced both inkjet printer and laser printers for the desktop. Along with its scanner (computing) product line, these have later been developed into successful multifunctional products, the most significant being single-unit printer/scanner/copier/fax machines. As of 2003, HP's major competitors in this growing part of the Small Office, Home Office market are Brother Industries, Ltd., Dell, Inc., Canon (company), Epson, and Lexmark. In the 1990s, HP expanded their computer product line, which initially had been targeted at university, research, and business customers, to reach consumers. Following this strategy, in 2002 they bought out Compaq Computer Corporation, a major player in both the stationary and portable IBM PC compatible markets since its founding in 1982 (and buyer of Digital Equipment Corporation, in 1998). The buyout made HP the world's largest manufacturer of personal computers. In 1987, the Palo Alto, California garage where Hewlett and Packard started their business was designated as a California State historical landmark. However, Agilent Technologies, not HP, bears the legacy of the original instrument company founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939. Agilent was spun off from HP in 1999. HPshopping.com was launched in 1998 as HP's direct-to-consumer e-commerce store, and in 1999 became incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2002, Compaq's direct-to-consumer e-commerce store, CompaqAtHome, joined hpshopping.com, creating a comprehensive, one-stop, on-line store for HP and Compaq home and home-office products. Many long-time HP calculator users were surprised and disappointed when HP announced in March 2002 that the company would no longer manufacture financial and scientific calculators – a product line and, indeed, a market, that HP had started thirty years before. The decision was especially hard to fathom in light of the HP-48 graphing calculator range's success. However, despite its spring 2002 press release stating the opposite, the company nevertheless returned to the market during the fall of 2003 with several new models (flagship: HP-49G Plus) competing against similar offerings from competitor Texas Instruments. ==HP today== In 2002, Hewlett-Packard merged with Compaq, a highly controversial move intended to make the company the leader in the personal computing space. The merger opposition was led by Walter Hewlett, son of original founder William Hewlett. Hewlett-Packard is a supporter of Open Source and Linux. Some HP employees, such as Linux CTO and former Debian Project Leader Bdale Garbee actively contribute – a few have official Open Source job responsibilities. Many others participate in the Open Source community as unpaid volunteers. Hewlett-Packard also partners extensively with Microsoft. Given the size and scope of HP operations, HP leverages technology from most major software and hardware vendors. Other HP products/technologies include: * Inkjet printer and LaserJet printers, consumables and related products. * the HP-UX and Tru64 operating systems (two Unix implementations, the second from Digital Equipment Corporation) * the OpenVMS large-scale, highly-available server operating system (from Digital Equipment Corporation) * the Tandem Computers high-reliability architecture and operating system (from Tandem Computers) * the PA-RISC family processor architecture * the IA64 processor architecture (with Intel) * the DEC Alpha processor architecture (from Digital Equipment Corporation) * the HP 9000 line of servers and workstations * the UDC (Utility Data Center) * the OpenView family of management software * the ProCurve [http://www.hp.com/rnd/index.htm] family of network switches, wireless access points, and routers. HP offers a re-branded version of Apple Computer famous IPod, in addition to their already successful line of printers, scanners, calculators, PDAs, servers, workstations, and home-small business computers. In 2003, HP had 140,000 employees world wide. From July 1999 to February 9, 2005, the chairman and CEO was Carly Fiorina, the first woman ever to serve as CEO of a company included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Amid controversy over her performance and threats of reductions in her responsibilities by the HP Board of Directors, Fiorina was eventually forced to resign. The current non-executive chairman is Patricia C. Dunn. She was given this (later fixed) responsibility in February 2005 after Ms. Fiorina left the company. Unlike previous CEOs, Mark Hurd the new CEO of HP does not hold the position of Chairman. ==Management== * Chairman and CEO: Carly Fiorina (July 1999 - February 9, 2005) * CEO: Mark Hurd (since 2005) ==Diversity== Hewlett-Packard received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2003, the second year of the report. In addition, the company was named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 by Working Mothers magazine. Hewlett-Packard is also involved in the NEPAD e-school programme to provide all schools in Africa with computers and internet access. ==See also== *List of Hewlett-Packard products ==External links== ===HP=== *[http://www.hp.com HP corporate homepage] *[http://index.hpshopping.com HP online store] *[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/ HP History and Facts] *[http://opensource.hp.com/ HP Open Source portal] *[http://www.hp.com/linux HP Linux portal] *[http://www.hp.com/calculators/ HP Calculators] ===Data=== *[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/10/10723.html Yahoo! - Hewlett-Packard Company Company Profile] ===Third-party=== * [http://www.siliconvalleyinfozone.com/companies/Hewlett-Packard Silicon Valley InfoZone - Hewlett-Packard] * [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2002/2002_04_10.hpway10.html ''The rise and fall of the HP Way''] by Jocelyn Dong, with Pam Sturner (Online Edition of the Palo Alto Weekly, April 10, 2002) * [http://www.hydrix.com/wiki/ The HP Calculator Wiki] * [http://tuxmobil.org/hp.html Linux on Hewlett-Packard laptops] * [http://www.openpa.net/ The OpenPA Project] - resource for information on PA-RISC based computers from HP and other vendors * [http://www.hpmuseum.org The Museum of HP Calculators], [http://www.hpmuseum.net HP Computer Museum] Hewlett-Packard Portable Audio Player Manufacturers Fortune 500 companies
==The HP Way== The "add more on hp way" can be removed because the 2nd external link provided - "Bill Hewlett Remembered" has enough info on the HP way of management and working (if thats what HP way means) --User:Jay 01:03 6 Jul 2003 (UTC) ==Printers== It seems that at least ''some'' mention should be made of HP computer printers, since many people (or at least I) associate HP almost exclusively with printers.
--User:Splashkid2 19:42, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC) ==Calculators== In March 2002, Hewlett Packard announced that the company would no longer produce calculators, disappointing many long-time fans of such a famous product line. As of 2003 [http://www.hp.com/calculators/news/index.html Fred A. Valdez, General Manager of HP's Calculator Division] says, "HP calculators are here to stay and they are going to be better than ever, giving our customers more than ever." ==HP logo== I guess/hope displaying the HP logo in this article is "fair use", copyright-wise? --User:Wernher 21:26, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC) I don't see how HP just deal in Computer Peripherals. Perhaps a change to this is needed. Perhaps computer systems and peripherals???
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:''HP redirects here. For other uses see HP (disambiguation).'' The Hewlett-Packard Company , commonly known as HP, is a very large global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. Its products are concentrated in the fields of computing, printing, and digital imaging. It also sells software and services. ==Company history== ===From '39 until the seventies=== HP was founded in 1939 by William Hewlett and David Packard, who had both graduated from Stanford University in 1934, as a manufacturer of test and measurement instruments. Their first product was a precision audio oscillator, the Model 200A. Their innovation was the use of a light bulb as a temperature stabilized resistor in a critical portion of the circuit. This allowed them to sell the Model 200A for $54.40 when competitors were selling less stable oscillators for over United States dollar 200. One of their earliest customers was The Walt Disney Company , who bought eight Model 200B oscillators (at $71.50 each) for use in testing the Fantasound surround sound system for the movie ''Fantasia (movie)''. ===First Computers=== HP is [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/mustread.html?pg=11 acknowledged by] ''Wired Magazine'' magazine as the producer of the world's first personal computer, in 1968, the Hewlett-Packard 9100A. HP called it a desktop calculator because, as Bill Hewlett said, "If we had called it a computer, it would have been rejected by our customers' computer gurus because it didn't look like an IBM mainframe. We therefore decided to call it a calculator, and all such nonsense disappeared". The company earned global respect for a variety of products. They introduced the world's first ''handheld scientific electronic calculator'' in 1972 (the HP-35), the first ''handheld programmable'' in 1974 (the HP-65), and the first ''alphanumeric, programmable, expandable'' in 1979 (the HP-41), the first symbolic and graphing calculator HP-28s. Like their scientific and business calculators, their oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other measurement instruments have a reputation for sturdiness and usability (the latter products are now part of spin-off Agilent Technologies's product line). The company's design philosophy in this period was summarized as "design for the guy at the next bench". HP is recognized as the symbolic founder of Silicon Valley, although it did not actively investigate semiconductor devices until a few years after the "Traitorous Eight" had abandoned William Shockley to create Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. Hewlett-Packard's HP Associates division, established around 1960, developed semiconductor devices primarily for internal use. Instruments and calculators were some of the products using these devices. ===The eighties and beyond=== In 1984, HP introduced both inkjet printer and laser printers for the desktop. Along with its scanner (computing) product line, these have later been developed into successful multifunctional products, the most significant being single-unit printer/scanner/copier/fax machines. As of 2003, HP's major competitors in this growing part of the Small Office, Home Office market are Brother Industries, Ltd., Dell, Inc., Canon (company), Epson, and Lexmark. In the 1990s, HP expanded their computer product line, which initially had been targeted at university, research, and business customers, to reach consumers. Following this strategy, in 2002 they bought out Compaq Computer Corporation, a major player in both the stationary and portable IBM PC compatible markets since its founding in 1982 (and buyer of Digital Equipment Corporation, in 1998). The buyout made HP the world's largest manufacturer of personal computers. In 1987, the Palo Alto, California garage where Hewlett and Packard started their business was designated as a California State historical landmark. However, Agilent Technologies, not HP, bears the legacy of the original instrument company founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939. Agilent was spun off from HP in 1999. HPshopping.com was launched in 1998 as HP's direct-to-consumer e-commerce store, and in 1999 became incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2002, Compaq's direct-to-consumer e-commerce store, CompaqAtHome, joined hpshopping.com, creating a comprehensive, one-stop, on-line store for HP and Compaq home and home-office products. Many long-time HP calculator users were surprised and disappointed when HP announced in March 2002 that the company would no longer manufacture financial and scientific calculators – a product line and, indeed, a market, that HP had started thirty years before. The decision was especially hard to fathom in light of the HP-48 graphing calculator range's success. However, despite its spring 2002 press release stating the opposite, the company nevertheless returned to the market during the fall of 2003 with several new models (flagship: HP-49G Plus) competing against similar offerings from competitor Texas Instruments. ==HP today== In 2002, Hewlett-Packard merged with Compaq, a highly controversial move intended to make the company the leader in the personal computing space. The merger opposition was led by Walter Hewlett, son of original founder William Hewlett. Hewlett-Packard is a supporter of Open Source and Linux. Some HP employees, such as Linux CTO and former Debian Project Leader Bdale Garbee actively contribute – a few have official Open Source job responsibilities. Many others participate in the Open Source community as unpaid volunteers. Hewlett-Packard also partners extensively with Microsoft. Given the size and scope of HP operations, HP leverages technology from most major software and hardware vendors. Other HP products/technologies include: * Inkjet printer and LaserJet printers, consumables and related products. * the HP-UX and Tru64 operating systems (two Unix implementations, the second from Digital Equipment Corporation) * the OpenVMS large-scale, highly-available server operating system (from Digital Equipment Corporation) * the Tandem Computers high-reliability architecture and operating system (from Tandem Computers) * the PA-RISC family processor architecture * the IA64 processor architecture (with Intel) * the DEC Alpha processor architecture (from Digital Equipment Corporation) * the HP 9000 line of servers and workstations * the UDC (Utility Data Center) * the OpenView family of management software * the ProCurve [http://www.hp.com/rnd/index.htm] family of network switches, wireless access points, and routers. HP offers a re-branded version of Apple Computer famous IPod, in addition to their already successful line of printers, scanners, calculators, PDAs, servers, workstations, and home-small business computers. In 2003, HP had 140,000 employees world wide. From July 1999 to February 9, 2005, the chairman and CEO was Carly Fiorina, the first woman ever to serve as CEO of a company included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Amid controversy over her performance and threats of reductions in her responsibilities by the HP Board of Directors, Fiorina was eventually forced to resign. The current non-executive chairman is Patricia C. Dunn. She was given this (later fixed) responsibility in February 2005 after Ms. Fiorina left the company. Unlike previous CEOs, Mark Hurd the new CEO of HP does not hold the position of Chairman. ==Management== * Chairman and CEO: Carly Fiorina (July 1999 - February 9, 2005) * CEO: Mark Hurd (since 2005) ==Diversity== Hewlett-Packard received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2003, the second year of the report. In addition, the company was named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 by Working Mothers magazine. Hewlett-Packard is also involved in the NEPAD e-school programme to provide all schools in Africa with computers and internet access. ==See also== *List of Hewlett-Packard products ==External links== ===HP=== *[http://www.hp.com HP corporate homepage] *[http://index.hpshopping.com HP online store] *[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/ HP History and Facts] *[http://opensource.hp.com/ HP Open Source portal] *[http://www.hp.com/linux HP Linux portal] *[http://www.hp.com/calculators/ HP Calculators] ===Data=== *[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/10/10723.html Yahoo! - Hewlett-Packard Company Company Profile] ===Third-party=== * [http://www.siliconvalleyinfozone.com/companies/Hewlett-Packard Silicon Valley InfoZone - Hewlett-Packard] * [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2002/2002_04_10.hpway10.html ''The rise and fall of the HP Way''] by Jocelyn Dong, with Pam Sturner (Online Edition of the Palo Alto Weekly, April 10, 2002) * [http://www.hydrix.com/wiki/ The HP Calculator Wiki] * [http://tuxmobil.org/hp.html Linux on Hewlett-Packard laptops] * [http://www.openpa.net/ The OpenPA Project] - resource for information on PA-RISC based computers from HP and other vendors * [http://www.hpmuseum.org The Museum of HP Calculators], [http://www.hpmuseum.net HP Computer Museum] Hewlett-Packard Portable Audio Player Manufacturers Fortune 500 companies
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==The HP Way== The "add more on hp way" can be removed because the 2nd external link provided - "Bill Hewlett Remembered" has enough info on the HP way of management and working (if thats what HP way means) --User:Jay 01:03 6 Jul 2003 (UTC) ==Printers== It seems that at least ''some'' mention should be made of HP computer printers, since many people (or at least I) associate HP almost exclusively with printers.
--User:Splashkid2 19:42, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC) ==Calculators== In March 2002, Hewlett Packard announced that the company would no longer produce calculators, disappointing many long-time fans of such a famous product line. As of 2003 [http://www.hp.com/calculators/news/index.html Fred A. Valdez, General Manager of HP's Calculator Division] says, "HP calculators are here to stay and they are going to be better than ever, giving our customers more than ever." ==HP logo== I guess/hope displaying the HP logo in this article is "fair use", copyright-wise? --User:Wernher 21:26, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC) I don't see how HP just deal in Computer Peripherals. Perhaps a change to this is needed. Perhaps computer systems and peripherals???
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