Life span of an HP Calculator

[AnnoyedOne]

(09-13-2024 04:33 PM)Geoff Quickfall Wrote:  Marketing wants you to purchase a new one and the engineers (initially) wanted them to last and last and last.

Who won that diametrically opposed view?

From personal experience this is true. Which is why engineers and marketing/sales types are natural enemies. Opposing philosophies.

That said many companies are run by marketing/sales/financial types and any engineers are often locked away in back rooms. Out of sight out of mind. Again personal experience

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PS: I was once invited, by a marketing/sales person, to a meeting with a potential customer. After the meeting I said "You know our product doesn't do all those things right?". His response: "That's your problem not mine!" True story.