September 2011
2 posts
Leo Apotheker, you were wrong for HP.
You’re a smart fellow, no doubt about it. And axing the Palm hardware (and potentially WebOS)… well, the jury’s still out on that one, but I can’t say that was an entirely bad move.
But overpaying for Autonomy. I get a sense that you’re trying to make HP into IBM. That’s going to be a tough job. Why does HP need to be Oracle or IBM?
And axing the PC...
Carol Bartz, I still like you.
Maybe you weren’t the turnaround artist Yahoo! was seeking. But you were a solid operator.
Quite possibly, Yahoo! would be bleeding had you not stepped in. The big Y! has problems, but bleeding is not one of them. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have been replaced - I really don’t know and everyone’s going to have opinion on that. But you were refreshing and brave...