AngelikaMerkel@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoI Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Daysphilmckinney.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1399arrow-down1external-linkI Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Daysphilmckinney.substack.comAngelikaMerkel@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square50linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaresturger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI will never forgive Carley Fiorino for killing HP.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThat was particularly grisly. It sure went to shit fast, didn’t it.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoUp until that point hp had a stellar engineering reputation. They could have milked that for many more years, but it takes real talent to destroy that so quickly and completely
minus-squareShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day ago Fires the entire R&D department Changes the company slogan to “Innovate”
I will never forgive Carley Fiorino for killing HP.
That was particularly grisly. It sure went to shit fast, didn’t it.
Up until that point hp had a stellar engineering reputation. They could have milked that for many more years, but it takes real talent to destroy that so quickly and completely