Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Still a no-buy in my book now. I'll probably stop recommending all HP products, as well... just in case they start trying to mark 3rd party hard drives as bad in controller / firmware updates. At least those are less likely to happen automagically.
They already do this. As does Dell.
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Still a no-buy in my book now. I'll probably stop recommending all HP products, as well... just in case they start trying to mark 3rd party hard drives as bad in controller / firmware updates. At least those are less likely to happen automagically.
THat's what I was wondering would happen. HP did something bad, and now people are already blaming HPE - a different company.
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@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
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Meh, not worried about it I always buy genuine. I've tried 3rd party in the past and they tend to give nothing but issues... Seems they have a much shorter lifespan as well.
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BTW it looks like they partially reversed their decision
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/me blinks and scrolls up to 16 hours ago.
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@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
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@Jason said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
Yes, all of the issues are with HP. But He had been saying that he was going to question using HPE because of something that HP did.
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@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Jason said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
Yes, all of the issues are with HP. But He had been saying that he was going to question using HPE because of something that HP did.
@scottalanmiller : Do both companies have many of the same people on the board of directors?
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Jason said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
Yes, all of the issues are with HP. But He had been saying that he was going to question using HPE because of something that HP did.
@scottalanmiller : Do both companies have many of the same people on the board of directors?
Is that significant? Lots of companies share boards.
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The two have been making divergent board decisions since the split. Here is the board split info: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/12/hp-announces-post-split-board-members-for-hewlett-packard-enterprise-and-hp-inc.html
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@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Jason said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
Yes, all of the issues are with HP. But He had been saying that he was going to question using HPE because of something that HP did.
@scottalanmiller : Do both companies have many of the same people on the board of directors?
Is that significant? Lots of companies share boards.
When HPE, which happens to have a large portion of its board also on HP's board, yes, I'd suggest that is significant, especially in light of the stunts being pulled by HP.
That their boards are diverging to me is a good sign.
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Jason said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
Yes, all of the issues are with HP. But He had been saying that he was going to question using HPE because of something that HP did.
@scottalanmiller : Do both companies have many of the same people on the board of directors?
Is that significant? Lots of companies share boards.
When HPE, which happens to have a large portion of its board also on HP's board, yes, I'd suggest that is significant, especially in light of the stunts being pulled by HP.
That their boards are diverging to me is a good sign.
But what's the significance? Two separate companies, two different approaches and policies. That there is overlapping members doesn't mean that they act the same in both cases. The companies are different, represent different investors and, most importantly, are driven by different management. The board does NOT manage the company (it cannot by law.) That's just an arbitrary reason to associate the two when they are different companies.
You made a few statements that I didn't follow...
- You said "When HPE, yes." What does that mean? Why is HPE itself the reason why HPE doesn't get to be its own company?
- You said "Especially in the light of the stunts being pulled by HP." What about this specific action ties HP to HPE in a way that it is not normally tied together? Other bad actions would not relate the two but this one would? Why?
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@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Jason said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
Yes, all of the issues are with HP. But He had been saying that he was going to question using HPE because of something that HP did.
@scottalanmiller : Do both companies have many of the same people on the board of directors?
Is that significant? Lots of companies share boards.
When HPE, which happens to have a large portion of its board also on HP's board, yes, I'd suggest that is significant, especially in light of the stunts being pulled by HP.
That their boards are diverging to me is a good sign.
But what's the significance? Two separate companies, two different approaches and policies. That there is overlapping members doesn't mean that they act the same in both cases. The companies are different, represent different investors and, most importantly, are driven by different management. The board does NOT manage the company (it cannot by law.) That's just an arbitrary reason to associate the two when they are different companies.
You have cleared up at least one misconception I had. I did not expect the board of directors to not actually be the top of the food chain at either company. This fact pretty much shuts down my argument, which goes deeper into the anals of each company.
You made a few statements that I didn't follow...
- You said "When HPE, yes." What does that mean? Why is HPE itself the reason why HPE doesn't get to be its own company?
This is one of the misconceptions I had. But I see the same (or largely the same) board of directors, I assume similar motives and similar actions given similar scenarios, regardless of who the investors are.
- You said "Especially in the light of the stunts being pulled by HP." What about this specific action ties HP to HPE in a way that it is not normally tied together? Other bad actions would not relate the two but this one would? Why?
It does't tie them together in a way that they are not normally tied together. Not in my mind, and not while they still share the same board of directors. Even understanding now, that the boards don't do any management of either business.
Excluding the board, how much of the top brass is shared across HP and HPE? If they're 99% different, then my concerns are not valid. If they're 99% the same, then my issue remains.
What is the function of the board if not to hold sway over the direction of the company, or to provide guidance to the company's leadership?
[If any of these questions warrants a fork, feel free]
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@scottalanmiller said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Jason said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
@Minion-Queen said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Yeah it is enough reason for me to not buy anything as well. However we went to Brother for printer a few years ago.
Remember there is a difference between HP and HPE though as @scottalanmiller has reminded us.
All Printers even LaserJet Pro is considered HP, not HPE though.
Yes, all of the issues are with HP. But He had been saying that he was going to question using HPE because of something that HP did.
@scottalanmiller : Do both companies have many of the same people on the board of directors?
Is that significant? Lots of companies share boards.
When HPE, which happens to have a large portion of its board also on HP's board, yes, I'd suggest that is significant, especially in light of the stunts being pulled by HP.
That their boards are diverging to me is a good sign.
But what's the significance? Two separate companies, two different approaches and policies. That there is overlapping members doesn't mean that they act the same in both cases. The companies are different, represent different investors and, most importantly, are driven by different management. The board does NOT manage the company (it cannot by law.) That's just an arbitrary reason to associate the two when they are different companies.
You have cleared up at least one misconception I had. I did not expect the board of directors to not actually be the top of the food chain at either company. This fact pretty much shuts down my argument, which goes deeper into the anals of each company.
It's not that it isn't the top of the food chain, it's that it is a different role. Basically in a class C it works like this...
Investors are the top -> Board represents the investors -> CEO and Executives run the company
If you are worried about the control of the company and how it acts. that's the executives, they make the calls as to the management and running of the business. The board selects the executives on behalf of the investors, think of the board as elected representatives - but ones that can't manipulate the vote so they are truly a reflection of the share holders' desires (the shareholders can remove them anytime.) So how the investors want the board to act and what the board selects as executive traits drive the business.
So if you are concerned about the ownership - it's the investors that you have to worry about. If it is the actions of the business, it is the executives. Following the board tells you very little as they are not the owners nor are they able to take action.
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
which goes deeper into the anals of each company.
Why are you all up in their ass?
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
This is one of the misconceptions I had. But I see the same (or largely the same) board of directors, I assume similar motives and similar actions given similar scenarios, regardless of who the investors are.
But they act on behalf of the investors. They are just a reflection of them. The board is like proxies. The investors tell them what to do at the highest level, the board translates that into something more tangible and hires the executives and oversees them to make sure that the executives are effectively carrying out the wishes of the investors.
While a board will likely inject some amount of personality into a business, it doesn't necessarily. It is just the voice of the investors. They can be doing nothing more than representing their constituents.
Don't confuse a board with a non-representative democracy like the US government where the elected officials can do whatever they want once elected, a board is not like that. Investors can remove board members for not representing them literally overnight. The board actively reflects the investors and how a person acts on the board of one company suggests little about how they will act on the board of another. Different investors, different goals, different mandates, different job to do.
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
What is the function of the board if not to hold sway over the direction of the company, or to provide guidance to the company's leadership?
To represent investors and keep a watchful eye on the executives.
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@dafyre said in Firmware update for HP printers bans third-party ink:
Excluding the board, how much of the top brass is shared across HP and HPE? If they're 99% different, then my concerns are not valid. If they're 99% the same, then my issue remains.
None, I would assume, that would be very, very problematic. Both companies likely have policy about how you can't do that. While it isn't technically illegal, it is essentially impossible. And do you look for this in other separate companies, like IBM and Lenovo? It would be weird to suppose that they were doing that, right? Why think it about HP and HPE but not about IBM and Lenovo? Or Apple and Foxconn? Or Microsoft and Dell? Or Amazon and FedEx?
We know that their CEOs are different people. Most top brass is not listed anywhere. But I've never heard of a single person being shared between the companies. Maybe janitors in spaces where they've not fully separated offices yet.
Think about Symantec and Veritas when they split last year. It's two unique companies, nothing is shared.
