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ryuzaki0
on from the thinning-the-herd dept.
jacexpo069 writes: "You can find it here , however, the highlights are
HP Omnibook, HP Kayak, HP Vectra, HP Jornada and HP Netserver all being phased out. TRU64 phased out, however OpenVMS lives on. Read all the gory details in this detailed roadmap "
HP Kayak is HP's entry in the personal water transportation market. It's compelling feature is RPM - Reverse Paddling Motivation. You stroke the paddle backwards only on the right side of the Kayak, and it moves forward. Skilled HP Kayakers (mostly engineers and other tech weenies) generally claimed they could get downstream much more efficiently this way, but some privately admit that the real benefit was the ego boost from the knowledge that the average weekend warrior couldn't figure out how to paddle it.
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HP Kayak is HP's entry in the personal water transportation market. It's compelling feature is RPM - Reverse Paddling Motivation. You stroke the paddle backwards only on the right side of the Kayak, and it moves forward. Skilled HP Kayakers (mostly engineers and other tech weenies) generally claimed they could get downstream much more efficiently this way, but some privately admit that the real benefit was the ego boost from the knowledge that the average weekend warrior couldn't figure out how to paddle it.