[geeks] Head Explody!

[Phil Stracchino]

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Oct 15, 2007, at 7:46 PM, James Fogg wrote:
>>> "Frankly, I think HP is a much stronger company since 2000
>>> because of its merger with Compaq..."
>>>
>>> Makes you wanna puke.  It's stronger now in *spite* of the
>>> merger, and mostly because the idiot is gone.  But of course,
>>> she isn't going to say that.
> 
>> I'll let you know from the inside perspective. HP bought my  
>> company. We
>> are now a "wholly owned subsidiary". On Nov 1 we become plain old  
>> HP and
>> my paycheck changes.
> 
> Should be interesting.
> 
> I've heard from some other insiders that she really hurt HP.

Hurt HP?  She practically *destroyed* HP, and turned it into just
another PC rebranding-and-reselling company.


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