<story><title>3D Color Print</title><url>http://www8.hp.com/us/en/printers/3d-printers/3dcolorprint.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dolguldur</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s funny how I and other people see hp and immediately think of bad business practices that lead to a bad experience with the brand.&lt;p&gt;Relates to the concept that you optimize for what you measure. Not factoring in that screwing over customers will have some impact down the line is also like some sort of debt (as in tech debt). It&amp;#x27;s like long term brand debt.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gh02t</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a bit depressing too, considering what the HP brand used to be. They used to be synonymous with the some of the most cutting-edge, best engineered test equipment and other electronics gear you could buy. Gear from that era like the legendary HP3458 multimeter still commands very high prices on the used market ($5000 or more if calibrated).&lt;p&gt;Really that part of HP still exists at that level of quality, but they spun it off as Agilent and later Keysight. Hard to believe they squandered the original brand so completely, though.</text></comment>
<story><title>3D Color Print</title><url>http://www8.hp.com/us/en/printers/3d-printers/3dcolorprint.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dolguldur</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s funny how I and other people see hp and immediately think of bad business practices that lead to a bad experience with the brand.&lt;p&gt;Relates to the concept that you optimize for what you measure. Not factoring in that screwing over customers will have some impact down the line is also like some sort of debt (as in tech debt). It&amp;#x27;s like long term brand debt.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pacificmint</author><text>You seem to imply that they don&amp;#x27;t realize something might have impact in the future (because it&amp;#x27;s not what they measure).&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s also possible that they are very aware of it, but just don&amp;#x27;t care. The modern corporate system, especially in the US, is set up to incentivize favoring short term results over the long term.&lt;p&gt;If it will make their numbers look better this quarter at the cost of damaging the brand down the road, unfortunately many company will choose that path, even knowingly.</text></comment>