Comment on I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days
crozilla@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I assumed he hadn’t sold his stock because HP paid a dividend (which could’ve been substantial with all his stock from being there so long). But HP doesn’t. 🤷
Sad story of corporate idiocy. All too common.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
“If it wasn’t for my medical leave, HP and Apple would be competing for the mobile market!”
It takes a lot of arrogance to be a senior executive; the way he tells the story justifies his position, that’s for sure.
exPat17@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
The story doesn’t add up.
June 2010 - Acquisition Late June 2011 - medical emergency July 1 2011 - Product launch
He’s saying it’s a great year of development and integration, then in the one or two weeks he’s on bed rest the whole thing falls apart? Come on.