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I still won't forgive her for killing DEC/Compaq Alpha, one of the most beautiful CPU architectures.

• asmithmd1 16y ago
  I don't like her because she split off HP's test equipment division into Agilent. I think The HP Way left the building when this division was no longer the heart of the company. It would be like Disney spinning off the animated movie business to focus on running TV stations or GM spinning off the car business to focus on financing. It might make sense on a spreadsheet but it has to hurt morale of all employees who give more than the minimum because they are proud to be associated with an iconic company
  • cadr 16y ago
    I don't know if you can blame her for that - I seem to remember her starting about the time of the split, so it must have been in the works before she started. I felt the HP Way was alive at Agilent (at least at the time of the split).
  • tlb 16y ago
    The HP way is very much alive at Agilent. It's the right way to build test equipment and their stuff remains the gold standard. But it turned out that building ink jet printers was a low-margin business so that part of the company had to become a less luxurious place to work.
  • parasubvert 16y ago
    Lew Platt, her predecessor, did the Agilent split in the late 90's. He was an HP engineer in the 60's and worked his way up, but ultimately planted the seeds for its downfall during his tenure. I remember disliking him in the 1998-1999 timeframe.