T writes:
On 04/16/2015 10:44 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
T writes:
On 04/16/2015 04:57 AM, trader_4 wrote:
Her buying up Compaq made no sense to me.

HP and Compaq use to compete on who could make the
worst computers. After Fiorina, it was a mute point.

A moot point, surely?


I went to publik skool

It was also an incorrect point. HP made a lot of
very good computers, and so did Compaq, DEC and
Tandem - all of which were absorbed by HP.

PA-RISC, Itanium, Non-Stop etc.

Carly on the other hand, was widely disliked internally.

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moral position is so impeccable that it justifies rudeness, hostility,
and an astonishing display of horrendous behavior. On the occasions
that I am in agreement with the position, I am still embarrassed by the
behavior. (I have even been criticized as being unsupportive because I
didn't go charging up the hill after the screechweasels.) But I would not
stereotype or categorize an entire class of people or their ideology as
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