With gratitude to Mr. Cringley, courtesy of his 'Notes from the Field'   --
InfoWorld.com 8.6.01

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ROBERT X. CRINGELY(R): "Notes from the Field" InfoWorld.com
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Monday, August 6, 2001


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HP KNOWS ABOUT HARD TIMES

Posted at August 3, 2001 01:01 PM PST Pacific

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Practicing what you preach

If I decide I need business advice, there is one
seminar I think I'll miss. Interex, the HP users group
organizing HP World 2001, last week sent me a press
release headed, "Top Hewlett-Packard Executives To
Speak on How to Thrive in Hard Times at HP World."
Assuming they don't mean that HP World is going
through hard times, can these executives be trusted to
give good advice? Are they the same ones who recently
slashed the company's revenue forecasts for its third
quarter and laid off 6,000 more employees?

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Al Karman
IT Consultant
US Freightways
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