Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!decuac!haven!sura.net!nick From: nick@sura.net (Nick Lemberos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: HP bias's Keywords: HP, disclaimers, preaching Message-ID: <1991Apr13.011054.15941@sura.net> Date: 13 Apr 91 01:10:54 GMT Followup-To: nick@socrates.umd.edu Organization: UMUC, College Park, MD Lines: 42 >From: lang@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John J. Lang) >Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp >Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions >Message-ID: <7370361@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> >Date: 12 Apr 91 18:56:48 GMT >References: >Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA >Lines: 41 ...... Does anyone else notice any problem with the following statements? >> How about the keyboard and mouse? How noisy/hot would a system with >> two internal 400Mb disks be? Would it be reasonably pleasant in an >> office environment? >I have had both sitting on/under my desk, and have not noticed a problem. >I find the keyboard and mouse to be fine. >> Does it connect directly to thinwire ethernet? >Yes. >> How reliable is the standard C compiler? Are the higher optimization >> levels sufficiently reliable to be usable? Is ANSI C included with >> HPUX or available separately? >We compile about a 'billion' lines of graphics code with the standard C >compiler, using full optimization. There have been problems in the >past, most have been fixed, a few have been worked around. >I think ANSI C is included, and uses the same optimizer. HP mice are "fine"? (they stink) Wow, someone at HP compiles billions of lines of HP code on a HP box and it works, im impressed. How about all you ppl from HP preaching HP *ATLEAST* put some sort of disclaimer in your Emails. This is not the only example I have seen in the last week. It is getting pretty bad. It makes a difference if the opinions expressed are coming from employees of the same company. Since this is comp.sys.HP, how about HP employees making it REAL clear whose opinion they state. nick nick@umuc.umd.edu These are MY comments.