NutMeg Whitman announces a 91% fall in HP's net income

[denem]

"We didn't live up to our expectations in 2011," said Meg
"“We need to get back to doing what we do really well..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204531404577052563620787868.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hsM

Meg didn't live up to expectations in 2010 either,
or maybe she did,

[sharp_stick]

1. That's right Meg now quit

collect your, what..., 3rd golden parachute from a failed executive position? Then write a book about what a fabulous executive you are and go in to fleece your next employer.

on edit: typical typos

[closeupready]

4. +100.

nt

[Warpy]

25. Yeah, that boneheaded idea to announce the end of the HP hardware

which is really what they always did best, IMO, was enough to kill the sales of what was out there on the shelf as people became alarmed about not being able to get it serviced or the warranties honored.

That dumbfuck move alone should have gotten her canned.

[qb]

2. They could start by redesigning their crappy printer software that harasses you for all eternity

to make software upgrades that no longer exist.

[Ed Suspicious]

5. OMG I couldn't agree more! I hate that little bugger popping up! n/t

[SoCalDem]

7. I once had an HP printer at work & vowed to NEVER have one at home

My el-cheapo laser Brother printer is awesome:)

[LiberalAndProud]

10. I have an HP 15+ years old. Still going strong with no irritating popups.

A sign of how far they've fallen.

[FarCenter]

12. That would be a "pre-Carly Fiorino" product from the actual HP

Before the Carly destroyed the company.

[LiberalAndProud]

13. 'zactly.

[Warpy]

26. Mine is 5 years old with no popups

but I installed the "package" just long enough to set it up and then dumped everything but the driver.

[LiberalAndProud]

9. Scary to think of Enterprise software in their hands, isn't it?

[hobbit709]

11. That's why I use Revouninstaller to remove all the crap.

The only HP thing I leave on is the actual driver.

[qb]

24. Thanks for the suggestion... I'll check it out.

:hi:

[Ed Suspicious]

3. Isn't this the computer company that plans to no longer make computers? n/t

[whistler162]

8. Plans where revised so that is no longer going to happen.

[CanonRay]

6. She'll lay off 3/4 of the workforce

and be a 1% hero.

[denem]

14. NutMeg Whitman announces a 91% fall in HP's net income

"We didn't live up to our expectations in 2011," said Meg
"“We need to get back to doing what we do really well..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204531404577052563620787868.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hsM

Meg didn't live up to expectations in 2010,
or maybe she did,

[denem]

15. This got an unrec or two. Feel FRee, Not sad about HP huh?

Let them go bankrupt, as you wished on Detroit.

[snooper2]

16. I just unrecced as unrec was mentioned

:P


on edit- changed a d correctly to a c

[denem]

17. Unred is right.

and Unread.

[denem]

18. Repy. Oh "unred" is now "unced" Kay.

[snooper2]

19. Congratulations

you now have five replies to your OP :)

[snooper2]

20. Congratulations

you now have five replies to your OP :)

Now six as I double clicked really fucking fast :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[denem]

21. Thank you , and here's to many more.

Not a word about the story - the unred story.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

22. Oh she's gooood!!! nt

[Selatius]

23. HP went to shit under Carly Fiorina. No vision beyond simple greed. Meg Whitman is no better.

Meg is simply Carly 2.0. She'll crash the company into the ground if it means she'll come away wealthier, and the sad part is she only got the job because she became buddy-buddies with the people on the board of directors who appointed her.

[Safetykitten]

27. What hapened? That sixty buck ink for a fifty buck printer not selling?

[Old and In the Way]

28. I think the paperless mentality has taken over.

My all-in-one HP printer is used for scanning primarily...I can't remember when I printed out something as a record. Even the fax part of the HP printer isn't used anymore...I can send an attachment to my e-fax address which sends it to a fax machine. I suspect that the revolution to paperless documentation is killing their printer business.

But HP has had one doozy of a year. They buy WebOS, start making tablets, then dump them below cost. Then they decide they might keep it going with a different OS? They announce that they are exiting the non-commercial PC business...then change their mind. Seems like they are having a problem with their vision thing.

[Exultant Democracy]

29. She should run for the republican nomination. I'll cut government 91% in my first year just like HP

I'm the person for the job you want done.