Hacker News Reader

Full thread

q2

How is this different to the strategy/plans outlined by HP's previous CEO Leo Apotheker before he got fired abruptly?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Apotheker#Hewlett-Pack...

View on HN

It's been a while, but I think Apotheker's plan was a two-parter:

* to kill off / sell off the consumer division

* to just turn HP into an IBM-type enterprise company.

The former isn't exactly true in this case; the latter is coming true.

The former is in reality the same. It's just splitting the consumer division off (selling it to current share holders) is much easier than trying to find a buyer for it.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com