A question from the past

 Wonders never cease.

John Minck maintains the HP Archives, memoirs and such from a number of HP oldtimers, including yours truly.   As it happens, he gets questions on occasion, such as this one, reported earlier this week in my HP Phenomenon blog:https://hpphenom.blogspot.com/2024/10/logic-analyzer-question-huh.html

The actual primary question in my mind is: was there ever an official reasoning behind getting rid of "Signature Analysis" and "Map Mode"?

I answered it in that blog, but later thought about the small book I penned maybe a decade ago about Intrapreneuring, and my own pseudo-memoir in Minck's files.  Here's that memoir:

See https://www.hpmemoryproject.org/timeline/chuck_house/lsa_birth_03.htm 

There is a book as well, entitled "Permission denied--Odyssey of an Intrapreneur".  As noted in one on-line review, the original version wrongly maligned Biomation's CEO, mis-identifiying with another CEO of the same name who was later found guilty of serious crimes.

 https://www.google.com/search?q=permission+denied+chuck+house&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyCQgCECMYJxjqAjIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMgkIBxAjGCcY6gLSAQkyNDUzajBqMTWoAgiwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Another review was much more enthusiastic, writing:  

Miles Kehoe

5.0 out of 5 stars Innovation the 'HP Way'

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2014

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This book gives a great view into the art of being an "intrepreneur', someone who works within a large organization to create skunkworks-type projects and products. It's also a great insiders view of HP when Bill and Dave ran the company, and specifically of the 'instrument divisions'. Chuck, awarded the Medal of Defiance by Dave Packard, talks about what it takes to build an idea into a project and into a successful product - and when it's time to stop.

Chuck introduces productivity and strategy grids to help guide the process. He also introduces the "Intrepreneur's Rulebook", spelling out the seven rules to follow.

Just because the book is aimed at innovation within the context of a large corporation, I think much of it applies to anyone interested in starting a project - or a product company - anywhere. Chuck was an integral part of the HP product divisions that funded all of what HP has become, just at the time when HP became recognized as one of the best managed companies in the world. If you're the least bit interested in innovating inside a large organization or for your own start-up, this book is a must-read.