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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. Re:Stocking inventory on a sinking ship by JatTDB · · Score: 5, Informative

    One of the things that Dell's success has been largely atrributed to is that they realize this point, and keep very little inventory on-hand. They avoid getting bitten too bad when the price of a given component drops overnight.

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    "That's Tron. He fights for the Users."
  2. Re:Never mind calculators by cunniff · · Score: 3, Informative
    Like or hate Carly, you can't pin Agilent on her - it was done on Lew Platt's watch; see the news.com.com story:
    http://news.com.com/2100-1001-229128.html?legacy=c net