Well it has finally happened, Carly Fiorina has stepped down as CEO of HP. HP have been having a though time for a while now, the merger with Compaq was supposed to have helped, but ultimately it created new problems which took time to address. ‘The HP Way’ died along time ago anyway, I don’t think things will change much since they are such a large beast, breaking up into seperate divisions is one possibility. But I think the board and investors would not be to pleased.
HP historically was one of the first companies to break on to the scene when Silicon Valley was starting out. I have been to the HP muesuem and visited various spots around Palo Alto which have been made significant by having some link to HP. Stanford even has a building named after Dave Packard, which is the Electrical Engineering department. It will be interesting to see how things turn out, especially who they bring into replace Carly.
I doubt this will be the last we hear of Carly Fiorina either.
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