So, HP, What Exactly Are You Trying To Sell Us?

billtom writes "There's an article over at c|net news where the normally fawning technology business press actually takes an HP VP to task for the extremely vague statements that usually surround enterprise software 'products.' With some gems like 'That could be boilerplate applying to any company,' and 'But again, how does that differ from what's been around?' and 'But hasn't that always been the goal?'" I'd like to see Charles Cooper interview whoever came up with .Net, too.

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I FIGURED IT OUT.

[TomorrowPlusX]

I may lack whatever gene it is that helps to understand this double-think, or it's because I'm a programmer and it's my life to speak clearly and not use little game words like "the secret sauce we bring to the table" or other BS.

Anyway, after reading it over and over, I figured it out -- it came to me in a flash:

HP's business is *not* to help other companies dynamically hoo-ha to the ho-hum of a real-time somethingorother. Or whatever in god's name that robot was saying.

Instead, HP's business is to bilk you out of your money while seducing you with double speak.

Thank you.