"The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford," she told the 2001 graduation ceremony. "And I was afraid the day I walked out." |
"Urgency and speed are...things that everyone agrees" Hewlett-Packard needs. |
[She also indicated that consumer spending remains sluggish heading into the key holiday period.] At this juncture what we're seeing is improvement in the enterprise market and a so-so consumer market, ... I wouldn't call it weak, but I wouldn't call it spectacular. |
[She also said open-source software, such as Linux, is another key element in this new world.] It is at its core open, ... this movement, of course, goes far beyond Linux. |
a great and gentle man. |
A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted, |
Although we are satisfied with our performance in personal systems, imaging and printing, software, and services, these solid results were overshadowed by unacceptable execution in enterprise servers and storage. We therefore are making immediate management changes. We are also accelerating our margin improvement plans in this business. |
Am I disappointed in his behavior and his decision? Absolutely, ... I can neither justify nor explain his decision. |
Appliances will proliferate, ... Things that you don't even think about today being appliances will become appliances. |
As we moved through December, as everyone is acutely aware, the market changed fairly dramatically. |
Ask yourself why am I hearing this now? Why didn't they put their case in the proxy statement? |
At the same time, I think it is also true that the level of overall IT spending continues to remain quite depressed, and pricing pressures continue to be very real. |
Cchoose to be brave and to keep moving forward. Don't let your options paralyze you. |
combined to spoil what could have been a very good quarter. |
Completion of the FTC review marks a major milestone in the approval process, and we are now focused on winning the shareowner vote, |