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Keysight officially lost the plot - don't buy if you're a hobbyist
madires:
Don't worry! This will last for some years until our economic systems are forced to move from short term profit optimization to long term sustainability. There's no everlasting economic growth with limited resources, i.e. the small planet we are living on.
wizard69:
This is something Keysight and a few other manufactures don't seem to understand. The same people using your hardware at home may have a rather large budget for instruments at work. Frankly there is good reason to have such at home and that isn't just the reality of the pandemic.
--- Quote from: graybeard on December 10, 2021, 05:29:38 pm ---This is piss poor marketing by Keysight.
I spend ~$1K to $2K a year on my home lab. However my company often purchases $200K to $20M in test equipment at a time for the systems I design and specify.
If you piss me off at home, I am likely not going to specify your test equipment where I work if there is a good alternative. In most cases there usually is.
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nctnico:
--- Quote from: mawyatt on January 11, 2022, 03:10:56 pm ---Quite a few years ago I talked with some senior Keysight folks and asked if "they" were trying to reinvent themselves as a modern HP. The answer was "Absolutely!!"
However, with the present Keysight posture towards individuals and small groups/companies it seems that Keysight is being run and dictated by "others" than engineer/scientist types that made HP great. This posture falls directly into the short term mentality line we see everywhere, create value for executives and shareholders this quarter and don't worry about long term results.
As we move along in time we see the results at Keysight, less and less of the old HP in every way, and more and more of just a me too instrument provider :P
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Can you blame them with Chinese test equipment manufacturers breathing in their necks and eating a bigger piece of the pie each year? Appearantly a lot of customers don't value the level of support A-brands offer and buy cheaper gear. Staying stuck in old A-brand habbits will drive the A-brands into the ground; they have to react and make their organisations more lean.
merport:
Wondering if Independent Contractors (Schedule C filers, U.S.) would be considered as professionals or consumers. There may be engineers, mechanics, appliance technicians, consultants, etc in this category.
Nominal Animal:
--- Quote from: nctnico on January 12, 2022, 12:03:11 am ---Appearantly a lot of customers don't value the level of support A-brands offer and buy cheaper gear.
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Like the support that unless you're a company, you can fuck off?
No. That argument is full of shit. The river runs the other way: you start cutting corners, and even your loyal customers will switch. Only the ideologically programmed brand fans will remain.
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