[lbo-talk] Imperial Decline, the HP Way

[Mark Bennett]

I had a friend who worked with Tandem from nearly it's inception until it
eventually ended up in HP's hands.  He absolutely loved Tandem; despised
HP.  Didn't care much for Compaq, either.

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:47 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Redmond" <metalslorg at gmail.com>
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> An exemplary study of how US elite incoherence is wrecking companies
> from within:
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> http://www.businessweek.com/management/how-hewlettpackard-lost-the-hp-way-09232011.html?campaign_id=rss_topStories
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> Have to admit I was speechless when I read that Meg Whitman is taking over
> as CEO. What a joke.
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> It was, in its heyday, one of the finest and most labor friendly companies
> in the valley. I worked for one of its children, Tandem for a few years, and
> that was a pleasure.
>
> Joanna
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