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Re: Fiorina Keynote Speech at HPWorld 2002
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THX1138 <[log in to unmask]>
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THX1138 <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Sep 2002 22:12:12 -0400
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One way, I think you can look at it is that all of those layoffs goto pay
the board 10 million apiece and didn't Carly and Don get 15 mil.?
I mean Compaq was making some crap products for a couple od years, they were
steadily losing server market share betwen Dell and IBM.
There customer service stunk and Don Capellas managed to squander the DEC
aquisition.
I mean Carly managed to dump a whole lot of money into developing the Itanic
with Intel and that is a piece of crap.
At the same time her gentle staff has seen the waste of HPUX and HP3k.  Then
again they also wasted openmail.
I guess the kickback from wintel must be THAT good...

Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Baier" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Fiorina Keynote Speech at HPWorld 2002


> On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:12:24 -0500, Ellis, Steve (COMPRINT S)
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Point of view, I guess -- I noticed that the last
> >> paragraph reads, "We have never stranded a customer"
> >> said Carly, "we have always given them a migration
> >> path..."  Unfortunately, the "migration path" they've
> >> provided is basically a toll-road, so if you don't
> >> have enough money to pay the toll, are you "stranded"
> >> or not?
> >
> >You're not "reading it like a love letter". Remember, if you haven't
spent
> >money with them recently enough, you're not a customer.
>
> Yep, and don't forget that Compaq wasn't cheap and neither are the bonuses
> paid to Carly and her so-called managers.
> Need alot more migration-money in the future.
> Almost as good as 419-spam but legal ;-)
> Like the Kenneth Lay approach in another message.
>
> Maybe one day the bonuses will be paid after the performance and not
> before. Then the stockmarkets will be successful again.
>
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