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Fred Mau wrote:
> Joan Hansen <user@my.net> wrote in
> news:UaNge.4175$It1.2897@lakeread02:
>
>> Fiorina drew on one of her encounters at AT&T where she was described
>> by one early boss as their "token bimbo" and dealings with certain
>> high tech CEOs - no names mentioned - that left her feeling like the
>> "token bimbo" years later.
>>
>> Despite this, Fiorina - importantly - has no regrets for the
>> decisions she has taken, which ultimately led to her demise. Quite
>> the contrary, in fact, as Fiorina says she's "proud" and "at peace"
>> despite losing her job "in the most public way possible."
>>
>
> Well, I WAS going to restrain myself on this topic, but I just can't
> resist.
>
> My company used to be a major HP customer, from using HP
> Test&Measurement equipment to HP CAD stations to HP NetServer Servers
> to HP Vectra PCs to HP Jornada handhelds. We watched as each of these
> product lines was systematically demolished after Fiorina took over.
> The fact that she can't see any error only confirms the "Bimbo" image.
>
> I knew a number of people at HP on various rungs of the corporate
> ladder; they ALL had the same low opinion of her.
>
> (If one wants to see a non-Bimbo in action, just look at Meg Whitman
> of eBay).
>
> Michael Dell should be very,very grateful that Carly Fiorina was
> running HP and Lou Gerstner was running IBM; They both contributed
> equally to him now being King of the Hill. If it weren't for Carly
> Fiorina, I probably wouldn't be typing this on a Dell PC.
>
> - FM -
You are correct about Carly (my German Shepherd Dog is Karli, no
relation), but to be fair, HP was already well on its way in
dissassembly of everything that made HP great when Fiorina was hired.
Maybe they felt hung up on the process and saw the way she trashed
Lucent, and thought, "well, we don't have too many history majors here".
Q
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