I dunno much about the HP board or the HP culture. But having spoken personally with Ben Horowitz about creating company culture, and after working at Ning, wh

I dunno much about the HP board or the HP culture. But having spoken personally with Ben Horowitz about creating company culture, and after working at Ning, which is a heavily Horowitz + Andreeson-based culture, for nearly a year, I can say this: he's sincere and the real deal when he says this stuff. And as an employee, it totally works for me. I feel taken care of, like the company has a greater mission than just making money, and like they care about doing the right thing. While I'm sure HP has many other corporate forces at play in it's decisions, and I am but a lowly code monkey, if what Ben Horowitz outlines in the post was at least a partial motivation for what they did, then I think there's at least a glimmer of hope that things might get better there.