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Re:From H.P., a Blunder That Seems to Beat All by sliverstorm on Saturday December 01, 2012 @05:35AM (#4857313)
It's actually kind of funny to hear you talk about this.

Meg Whitman "enshrined WebOS's abandonment", "After a long tortured process", "Agonized for months".

Steve Jobs on the other hand "Within months [...] slimmed down Apple's product portfolio to a handful of products".

Is it just me, or are you describing fundamentally the exact same actions? I sense a spin doctor in the house.

Re:From H.P., a Blunder That Seems to Beat All by sami36 on Saturday December 01, 2012 @05:49AM (#4857339)
No, I just remember listening to the investor calls over a couple quarters & she was unable to give a straight answer on either issue ( WebOS, PSG)
Re:From H.P., a Blunder That Seems to Beat All by 001sky on Sunday December 02, 2012 @02:17PM (#4862149)
The issues are totally different. Meg is an ex board-member doing triage after a series of clusterfucks. She has to sort-out the politics and vision thing that has been left over from the previously aborted pet projects of more than one "administration". In that sense, its similar to the Yahoo situation with Marissa Mayer. What you want to see is think-fast+move slow...not more haphazard whiplash. That being said, she still may not be all that great. Time will tell. The automony thing is a complete embarassment, and she was on the board that approved it.