Are These Clowns Running America?

``When Carly Fiorina, Mr. Hurd’s flashy predecessor, began the contentious acquisition of the PC maker Compaq Computer, some veterans argued it would put an end to H.P.’s culture. Ms. Fiorina went on to preside over years of inconsistent financial performance and large layoffs.''

Taken from NYT.

Ms. Fiorina wants to run California with Meg Whitman, when she couldn't even keep me gainfully employed at Lucent Technologies in 2001!

``According to his peers, Mr. Hurd has set a high bar for any successor. “He has done such a brilliant job at H.P.,” wrote Lawrence J. Ellison, the chief executive of H.P.’s partner and rival Oracle, in an e-mail. “He will be very hard to replace.”''

Is Larry (Ellison) joking? I'm too dense to understand in jokes by these clowns.

Something on Fiorina.

Update on Hurd.

Hurd is hired by Larry!

``On August 9, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, in a letter, slammed HP's decision to oust Hurd, his close friend, calling the actions of HP's board "cowardly. ''

Update

``But Oracle had some well chosen words. “By filing this vindictive lawsuit against Oracle and Mark Hurd, the H.P. board is acting with utter disregard for that partnership, our joint customers, and their own shareholders and employees,” Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle’s chief executive, said in a statement. “The H.P. board is making it virtually impossible for Oracle and H.P. to continue to cooperate and work together in the I.T. marketplace.” Historically, H.P. and Oracle have been among the closest partners in Silicon Valley. H.P. sells billions of dollars a year of servers that run Oracle’s database software. ''

``Mr. Ellison joined in the dispute early on, offering his support for Mr. Hurd and criticism of H.P.’s board last month in an e-mail message to The New York Times. Mr. Ellison chided H.P.’s board for making “the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago.” ''

Clowns saga: NYT.

September 13, 2010

Now Bribes

NYT

September 21, 2010

Settlement

NYT

``“In losing Mark Hurd, the H.P. board failed to act in the best interest of H.P.’s employees, shareholders, customers and partners,” Mr. Ellison wrote. ''

Somehow I do not believe Mr. Hurd is that good, nor Mr. Ellison. I am a simple math professor, I guess these two gentlemen won't be hurt by my opinion.

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Who pays for these clowns to run?