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Re:Mark Hurd Has Died by biztos on Friday October 18, 2019 @03:40PM (#21294472)
> focused on the operations and distribution functions of the company

At the risk of sounding dumb, isn't that what the COO is for?

Re:Mark Hurd Has Died by thrav on Sunday October 20, 2019 @12:33PM (#21305169)
I think it’s primarily a public acknowledgment that they’re as important, maybe even more important, for such a mature company. The kinds of people who qualify, are the kinds of people who dream of being a CEO, and don’t want to roll up to someone else. They would likely go somewhere they could easily be CEO without the bump.