HP Letter

[bobquasit]

Here's the email I just sent to Mark Hurd, Chairman, CEO, and President of Hewlett-Packard:

Sir,

I recently read an ABC Radio Network memo listing HP as refusing to have any advertising run during broadcasts of Air America Radio programming. I don't know why this decision was made, nor do I question the right of the HP corporation to make that decision.

However, as a result of that HP policy, I too have made a decision: I will no longer purchase any HP products. As it happens I do own an HP printer, and will replace it with a non-HP printer at the first opportunity. Likewise, I will scrupulously avoid HP products in the future, and have recommended the same personal policy to my friends, family, and in the online communities that I participate in.

Decisions have consequences.

If I get any response, I'll post it here.