Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by raheemm » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 5:44 PM UTC

Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO
nytimes.com

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by kenjackson » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:08 PM UTC

This seems like an all up bad move. I don't think I've seen a string of worse CEO positions than HP. The Microsoft board is probably looking around and saying, "We could be doing a worse job".

I wonder if they could get Bob Muglia onboard. That would actually be a good fit for this role.

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by eatm0rewaffles » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

Ebay to hp next thing you know she'll be running for governor...

Those two business models couldn't be more different.

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by moonlighter » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:18 PM UTC

HP's name of the game seems to be "One step forward, two steps back". Over and over. They are SO lost...

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by seldo » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:20 PM UTC

What do people think of Meg Whitman's record at eBay? She ran for governor on her record as CEO there, but eBay has always seemed to me like a terribly-led company, sitting on its laurels as first-mover and squandering opportunities to move into new markets while startups chip away at its core business.

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by vicparekh » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:20 PM UTC

Meg is a really bad choice...

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by vicparekh » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:24 PM UTC

seldo wrote: post #5

What do people think of Meg Whitman's record at eBay? She ran for governor on her record as CEO there, but eBay has always seemed to me like a terribly-led company, sitting on its laurels as first-mover and squandering opportunities to move into new markets while startups chip away at its core business.

I completely agree. Meg wasted her time at eBay. eBay is a company and therefore we are not privy to a lot of the internal politics. Their acquisition of Skype made no sense.

When she ran for governor, the method by which she handled the fact that she had hired an illegal immigrant proved to me that she was seriously unfit to be anything but a Senior Manager.

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by jemfinch » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:25 PM UTC

vicparekh wrote: post #6

Meg is a really bad choice...

Can you explain why?

(Otherwise it boggles my mind that you created an account solely for this post...)

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by jfruh » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:29 PM UTC

"While Mr. Apotheker is going, his strategy, including consideration of spinning off H.P.’s personal computer business from other parts of the company, will remain in place."

ha ha ha WHAT

"OK, let's hire this enterprise software guy, then get mad when he restructures the company around enterprise software, then fire him but make his successor implement the plan the enterprise software guy put together! Can't fail!"

Re: Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

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Post by jharrison » Thu, Sep 22, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

jfruh wrote: post #9

"While Mr. Apotheker is going, his strategy, including consideration of spinning off H.P.’s personal computer business from other parts of the company, will remain in place." ha ha ha WHAT "OK, let's hire this enterprise software guy, then get mad when he restructures the company around enterprise software, then fire him but make his successor implement the plan the enterprise software guy put together! Can't fail!"

It sounded like it was more of a presentation issue. He doesn't present well. They didn't say anything about not liking his ideas. "He's just not CEO material" is what I got out of the article.