“Every company that made computers when we started the Mac, they’re all gone. We’re the only one left.”
Apple shiller Phil Schiller, conveniently denying the continued existence of HP, Macworld, 23 January 2014
Tag: Hewlett-Packard
HE’S EMINENTLY QUALIFIED TO BE ORACLE’S PRESIDENT
“The HP board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago.”
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, criticizing the decision by Hewlett-Packard’s board to request CEO Mark Hurd’s resignation following an expense-account scandal involving a softcore porn actress, New York Times, 8 August 2010
WE BOUGHT IT TO BE IN THE RANDOMLY SPENDING SHAREHOLDERS’ MONEY BUSINESS
“We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business.”
Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, on why HP spent $1.2 billion on a smartphone company, ZDNet, 2 June 2010
THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT NOT HAPPEN
“I believe Palm can survive as an independent company.”
Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, less than a week before selling out to Hewlett-Packard, Financial Times, 22 April 2010
ONLY THE PARANOID MAKE QUOTA
“There’s a paranoia I live with. Somewhere in the world, right now, there’s a salesman talking with a customer–I hope he is as good as I need him to be.”
Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, obsessing over his salespeople rather than his engineers, Forbes, 25 March 2010
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