[elp]

That's exactly what happened.

My old home HP printer is about 16 years old and still rock solid. If I didn't know any better I would be recommending the brand to everyone I know. Not everyone is as depressingly online as the HN community.

[kristopolous]

It's like a group of McKinsey consultants came in, saw the stellar reputation of HP and then decided to suck it dry and make it a worthless husk.

It's like clear-cutting and strip mining a brand