Biz, Tech: Hewlett-Packard’s Meg Whitman reverses her predecessor’s moves
- The market was created by Apple. That doesn’t mean there couldn’t be a strong No. 2 player.
- Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman • Reversing course entirely on two of former CEO Leo Apotheker’s key decisions as CEO — the departure of the tablet market (and the ensuing lulz) and the spinning off of the PC market. As for the latter, Whitman claims it would’ve been far too expensive — it would’ve cost billions and would’ve proven extremely inefficient. “If you try to hive a division off, it’s really hard because you almost have to recreate the whole thing,” she said. Will this be enough? source
