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What the hell? This is a serious change in direction. HP was supposed to transform its PC division into a higher margin business by more aggressively pursuing t

by ansy 15y ago

What the hell? This is a serious change in direction. HP was supposed to transform its PC division into a higher margin business by more aggressively pursuing the luxury market. Also the PC division was part of the WebOS master plan by bundling it with every new PC by the end of the year. What does this mean for HP's consumer business? What does it mean for WebOS? It seems like Leo is returning to his SAP comfort zone which looks a lot more like IBM than Apple. Even though the article does not mention Compaq, I can see the new company inheriting the brand name instead of sharing HP. But just how much of the consumer business do they plan to abandon?

jameskilton 15y ago
I've got a good friend who was in EDS when HP bought them, and is still there now. This move by HP doesn't surprise me at all. That company has been floundering for a while, and their management is clueless as to where to go from here. Nice little tid-bit: HP finally ended the EDS name after a yearly financial report (I don't remember which year) showed that the EDS division was the only profitable group in HP that year, and not only that but profitable enough to offset the losses everywhere else. HP should go back to printers and stay there. Their computers have been horrible, buying Palm AND Compaq destroyed their bottom line, and the WebOS tablet is failing miserably.
- adolph 15y ago
  Do you mean EDS? What was EBS?
  - jameskilton 15y ago
    Bah yes, EDS. Fixing my post, thanks.
- dillona 15y ago
  I don't think their computers have been horrible. I love my HP workstation, and their blade offerings are pretty impressive
- dr_ 15y ago
  Their computers are not horrible, at least not on the higher end. But the fact of the matter is, if people are looking at higher end devices, they may lean towards a Mac. Their tablets are clearly not selling well. And on the low end, asustek is competing aggressively. Focusing on services seems to be the way to go, I think the Opsware acquisition has done ok for them.

by ansy 15y ago

jameskilton 15y ago

I've got a good friend who was in EDS when HP bought them, and is still there now. This move by HP doesn't surprise me at all. That company has been floundering for a while, and their management is clueless as to where to go from here. Nice little tid-bit: HP finally ended the EDS name after a yearly financial report (I don't remember which year) showed that the EDS division was the only profitable group in HP that year, and not only that but profitable enough to offset the losses everywhere else. HP should go back to printers and stay there. Their computers have been horrible, buying Palm AND Compaq destroyed their bottom line, and the WebOS tablet is failing miserably.

adolph 15y ago
Do you mean EDS? What was EBS?
- jameskilton 15y ago
  Bah yes, EDS. Fixing my post, thanks.
dillona 15y ago
I don't think their computers have been horrible. I love my HP workstation, and their blade offerings are pretty impressive
dr_ 15y ago
Their computers are not horrible, at least not on the higher end. But the fact of the matter is, if people are looking at higher end devices, they may lean towards a Mac. Their tablets are clearly not selling well. And on the low end, asustek is competing aggressively. Focusing on services seems to be the way to go, I think the Opsware acquisition has done ok for them.