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I am aware Hewlett-Packard split into two standalone companies; Hewlett-Packard Enterprise which focuses on servers and business solutions and HP Inc which focuses on laptops and printers.
The point of this question is HP Inc still technicallyHewlett-Packard as their products carry the original HP logo and their printers still use the cartridges with the nozzles embedded into them like their old 1990s inkjet printers? Like my old 2015 inkjet printer that carried theHewlett-Packard[sic] labelling on it, even though my 2022 replacement printer that uses the same ink cartridges except the machine itself just has the HP logo (no mention of 'Hewlett-Packard' on it?
I think it's HP Inc. is the legal successor to Hewlett-Packard.
If you want to say what "is" Hewlett-Packard now, the best answer is probably "Agilent andKeysight andHewlett Packard Enterprise andHP Inc." - listing Agilent and Keysight first, as that's where their original instrumentation business is, and HP Inc. last, as the "PC and printers/scanners" business was a business they entered after the instrumentation business and the minicomputer/enterprise computing business. Given that HP Inc. apparently has the calculator business, maybe it could be moved earlier in the list, although it's probably only a small part of the business.
That answer could also be interpreted as "nothing", i.e. there isno one company that encompasses all the businesses that Hewlett-Packard has been in.Guy Harris (talk)22:06, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can we look at reopening the merge proposal ofHP Inc. where the content of that article is merged into Hewlett-Packard and then moved to HP Inc. in order to preserve long history etc? We have had multiple merge proposal and comments from users in support and opposing, but no consensus was reached, but wondering if we can reopen this? I found anarticle on Reuters that says "Hewlett-Packard, which will be renamed HP and comprise the computers and printers business, will continue to trade under its current ticker symbol." PingingBrandonXLF andChiffonr,Steven (Editor) (talk)21:39, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The three-way split is correct. The late, lamented Hewlett-Packard should not have its incredible history folded into any subsequent company page. Hewlett-Packard died somewhere between the Agilent spinoff of 1999, the suicidal Compaq merge of 2002, and the final death throes split in 2015. HP Inc can't hold a candle to the old company. It does not deserve stewardship of the old history.Binksternet (talk)23:37, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter how others describe it, what matters is how it actually is, as reported by official company sources and government websites.Paranoid25 (talk)12:58, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is ratedC-class on Wikipedia'scontent assessment scale.
You are invited to join the discussion atTalk:HP Inc. § Requested move 13 May 2024.InfiniteNexus (talk)19:13, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree I agree with the merger.HP Inc. is simply the new name assumed byHewlett-Packard Company after the split of the enterprise branch intoHewlett-Packard Enterprise Company.[1][2][3]Paranoid25 (talk)20:16, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Notsure. See my comment in§ Is HP still technically Hewlett-Packard? (Not to be confused with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise). HP Inc. is thelegal successor to Hewlett-Packard, but it contains none of the businesses that HP entered between 1939 and the early 1980s - those were spun off as other companies such asAgilent andHewlett Packard Enterprise.Guy Harris (talk)11:50, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
