Well, first of all HP is not seen as a pusher of cheap laptops and crappy printers. (Check out the Envy14 and you'l l know why). Next, expanding into more profi

Well, first of all HP is not seen as a pusher of cheap laptops and crappy printers. (Check out the Envy14 and you'l l know why). Next, expanding into more profitable software avenues need not always come at the cost of abandoning the core ideology of a company. To repeat what IBM did nearly 10 years ago today says something about the leadership - copycats who can't be more innovative. I think the recent changes are driven by the CEO - who knows only how to run enterprise software and the article is spot on regarding that aspect.