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Fiorina Says HP May Get Out Of The PC Business

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the corporate-brinksmanship dept.

Mikelgan writes: "Interex (the global HP user's group) is reporting that HP CEO Carly Fiorina told USA Today that HP may get out of the PC business altogether if the merger with Compaq fails. Here's the story."

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  1. fiorina also says... by marco_craveiro · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...HP is considering dropping computers all together and start a bathing suit factory in portugal.

    HP, quo vadis? :-))) soup

    1. Re:fiorina also says... by digitalunity · · Score: 1, Funny

      I bet their made out of bulletproof silk milked from goats!

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  2. HP & Compaq isn't such a bad move. by standards · · Score: 4, Funny

    From my vantage point as an IT application manager, a merger between HP and Compaq sits well.

    I'm not really interested in either company these days. Compaq basically destroyed itself and the companies it purchased. HP is doing the same to itself.

    Their products aren't attractive to me (although both offer a couple cool products), and I have no reason to trust any service offerings offered by HP, Compaq, or a combination of both.

    I particularly have to laugh at their consumer line of PCs, with the clear colored plastic which is supposed to make them "cute" like an iMac. Not even close.

    So as far as I care, it's up to the shareholders. I guess the choice is to have one big sucky company, or two big sucky companies.

  3. Fiorina says... by alsta · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...HP go out of business now.

    I mean what does HP do if it doesn't do PCs, because we all know that Fiorina wants to get rid of HP-UX and all of that GOOD stuff.

    Yes, that leaves flimsy INKJET PRINTERS! Cool. And digital cameras. Wait, they suck at those, so just printers.

    Carly has successfully driven this company into ruin. As she did with her previous ventures. Why doesn't she just file chapter 11 right now to be done with it.

    Face it, Carly has driven this company into ruin.

    "HP Invent"

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  4. Ironic... by toupsie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steve Jobs introduces the new iMac and a short time later, the head of HP, Carly Fiorina declares that they might get out of the PC industry. Coincidence? I think not!

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  5. No more HPs? by saintlupus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Darn, and I so enjoyed slashing the living shit out of my hands on the insides of those old Vectras. Too bad we can't preserve that experience for the next generation, eh? Physical pain coupled with a poorly performing computer; now there's a corporate legacy.

    --saint

  6. Fiorinian Rhapsody by Kopretinka · · Score: 2, Funny
    My search didn't show any previous links to it, so here is the Fiorinian Rhapsody (http://www.dotcomscoop.com/article.php?sid=41).

    Like the Queen? Will like this one. 8-)

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  7. Differentiate yourself? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    PC makers don't get it... there is simply no way to differentiate yourself in this market

    Sure there is.

    Just ask Steve Jobs. ;-)

    mrg

  8. HP should get out of the Fiorina business. by Futurepower(tm) · · Score: 3, Funny


    Moderators: Please make sure you understand a commment before you moderate. The parent posts are saying that Fiorina is not doing a good job at HP. They are expressing in a humorous way what many, many people think.

    For the humor challenged: HP should get out of the Fiorina business.

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