I'm sorry to say this about a woman, because I know there are lots of very
competent women out there, but I have to agree: She destroyed HP. 

As an HP development partner for years, I've watched them burn bridges with
all the little people who helped to make HP great, flush quality and
innovation down the toilet, and begin to loose contract after contract to
IBM, Lexmark, and others. All on her watch, and from the grumblings I've
heard, all due to her policy changes.

I'm overjoyed to hear they finally figured it out.

---
James.
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of michael brown
> Sent: 2005 Feb 10, Thu 08:30
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [ot]HP board dismisses Fiorina
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lawrence Lile" <lawrencelile@hotmail.com>
> To: <piclist@MIT.EDU>
> 
> 
> 
> > >I'm not sure what to make of that :-).
> >
> > Russell, I think this was a well placed humourous jab.  Please keep
> > blindsiding us with news from the OT world.
> >
> > I've been following this business news too, and have 
> wondered what is
> going
> > on, especially since my brother works there.  I thought the purchase
> of
> > COMPAQ was nuts.  Of course, I also think that IBM selling 
> off it's PC
> > business to an unheard-of asian company is also nuts.  How 
> is that for
> > consistency?
> 
> Why does everyone think that HP had money and Compaq didn't when the
> merger happened?  The truth is that Compaq had a big pile of 
> cash in the
> bank and HP wasn't looking so good.  Just another leveraged buyout.
> Look at the statistics:
> 
> 1) Carleton went to work for HP in 99
> 2) Two and a half years later HP was a mess
> 3) HP "buys" Compaq, and about three years later it's a mess 
> and she is
> out of a job
> 
> My wife works for HP (formerly Compaq) and hates it now.  I'm not sure
> why, but I think it has something to do with standing on pins and
> needles for a couple of years waiting to see when she was going to be
> laid off.  Morale is horrible within the company, people were 
> literally
> dancing in the halls yesterday in celebration of the ousting.  HP's
> stock went up 11% immediately after the announcement, that should
> indicate something about her.
> 
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