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This work offers a summary of the book "THE HP WAY: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company" by David Packard.In The HP Way, David Packard tells the true story of an American giant: the Hewlett-Packard Company. In 1938, Packard and Hewlett, two college buddies, began working part-time in a rented garage in California. One year later, HP released its first product: an audio oscillator. Today it has become a 25-billion-dollar electronics company. David Packard, one of the company's founders, describes the company's development milestone and tries to explain what led to this company's success:

Businesspeople--United States--Biography. --- Computer industry--United States--History. --- Electronics engineers--United States--Biography. --- Hewlett, William R. --- Hewlett-Packard Company--History. --- Microelectronics industry--United States--History. --- Packard, David, 1912-.