Re: The HP Way


John Larkin wrote:
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John

I'm reminded of the Monkey People in Kipling's "The Jungle Book,"
who've taken over an abandoned, decaying city in the jungle; one that
they never built, nor understand, but fashion themselves rulers
over.[1]

Compare with this sample from the inside cover of the HP-41CV
calculator manual:

" 'The success and prosperity of our company will be assured only if
we offer our customers superior products that fill real needs and
provide lasting value, and that are supported by a wide variety of
useful services, both before and after sale.'

Statement of Corporate Objectives, Hewlett-Packard "

James Arthur
~~~~~~~~~
[1] " The monkeys called the place their city, and pretended to despise
the Jungle People because they lived in the forest. And yet they never
knew what the buildings were made for nor how to use them. They would
sit in circles on the hall of the king's council-chamber, and scratch
for fleas and pretend to be men; or they would run in and out of the
roofless houses and collect pieces of plaster and old bricks in a
corner, and forget where they had hidden them, and fight and cry in
scuffling crowds, [...]"

The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling

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