Agilent to split into two companies

[fgentges at mindspring.com]

tacoistas,

There is a note that Agilent is going to split into two companies.  One, 
for  life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets which will keep the 
Agilent name.

The second company yet to be named will be the electronic measurement 
product lines.  This business line is running behind the  life sciences, 
diagnostics, and applied markets by about a billion dollars a year.

I am not sure the electronic measurement company will keep pace with the 
way the old Hewlett Packard company was so successful.  The Agilent test 
equipment has been really nice but so expensive that many companies have 
looked to other sources both domestic and abroad.

Also, they have been very helpful by posting almost all their manuals on 
the web for free.  I sure hope the new company will continue doing this. 
  In the meantime, we should all download whatever manuals we might want 
in the future just in case.

Time will tell.

Frank K0BRA