Stargoat's Journal: Fiorina

Carly Fiorina was reviled. She was damned. She was cursed and abused and insulted. And she was right.

When HP announced its merger with Compaq, I bought. I thought it was a good move on HP's part. And how I wrung my hands. Woe is me, said I. Perhaps I misread the situation.

No, the market misread the situation. It was a good move. The capture of Compaq's server line and the consolidation of Compaq's desktop line has increased HP's marketshare and profits.

So why was Fiorina dumped? She wasn't cool. It's easier to forgive someone for being wrong than it is to forgive them for being right. Plus, and perhaps most importantly, she was only a girl.

Good for HP, bad for America

[Marxist Hacker 42]

I live in HP country- a good many of my techie friends used to work there, world headquarters is in Corvalis, OR. The lines Carly bought from Compaq were duplicates of lines that HP already had in place: Servers, Desktops, Portables, Handhelds and Printers. The HP guys got laid off, I'm sure a good many of the Compaq ones did too, and under cover of the merger she took the opportunity to move manufacturing overseas. Good for HP's bottom line- but bad for America.

Linky

[Morosoph]

Dupe! [slashdot.org] ;o)

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[Stargoat]

Reading through that pisses me off. Notice how it's always Carly, and never Fiorina? If she had been a man, she'd still be in charge.

You're Right, of Course

[Morosoph]

I was originally going to link the Forbes article, but I couldn't resist the temptation to say "Dupe!" in a JE.

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[Stargoat]

I thought it was pretty funny myself as well.