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Tom Linden
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 Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Curly 2: the axeman returneth
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:44:41 -0800, David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>
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| Quote: | Here's my nightmare scenario...
The HP directors realize that once Qwest buys MCI Curly will be looking
for work. With the incredible insight and business acumen so
aptly demonstrated by two decades of HP/Compaq/DEC boards they
instantly grasp that this is a great opportunity to "Hire
that guy who did so well at Compaq" and "Helped with the merger".
You can almost hear the board discussion: "He could hit the ground
running. He's already familiar with parts of the company. He's great
at cutting costs. He does what the board asks."
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Didn't he and Carly receive about $180 Million collectively for the merger?
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JF Mezei
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David Mathog wrote:
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Here's my nightmare scenario...
The HP directors realize that once Qwest buys MCI Curly will be looking
for work.
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I was thinking about the same thing...
But I will go beyond this:
The current accountant will be tasked to breakup the company, and then
seek 2 new CEOs for the respective parts.
Curly gets the Wintel part (including printers)
Bob Palmer gets the enterprise division.
(Check out Palmer's Bio at AMD... he hasn't had any job since leaving Digital). |
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David Mathog
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Joined: 23 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject:
Curly 2: the axeman returneth
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Here's my nightmare scenario...
The HP directors realize that once Qwest buys MCI Curly will be looking
for work. With the incredible insight and business acumen so
aptly demonstrated by two decades of HP/Compaq/DEC boards they
instantly grasp that this is a great opportunity to "Hire
that guy who did so well at Compaq" and "Helped with the merger".
You can almost hear the board discussion: "He could hit the ground
running. He's already familiar with parts of the company. He's great
at cutting costs. He does what the board asks."
Regards,
David Mathog
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