For eight years, I occasionally used Craigslist for purchasing and selling electronics, furniture, appliances, tickets, cars, etc.

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Simply put, HP wants what Apple has: One operating system, which it completely controls, at the heart of all of its consumer electronics phones, tablets, lightweight PCs, perhaps music players, digital cameras, televisions, etc.

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Each of us knows how to run the boat, work the electronics, and perform in the cockpit (bring lines in, bait the hooks, adjust the teasers, etc.).

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