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I'm pretty sure the reason for Mark Hurd's exit was for something quite different. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/12/all-dirty-details-mark-h

• ghaff 3y ago
  I wasn't paying much attention to HP by then as I had moved companies and roles. As I recall, everyone strongly suspected this kind of thing because the public reason for his departure at the time didn't really pass the sniff test. There was also a lot of boardroom and executive drama at HP before, during, and after Hurd's time there.
  • nickpeterson 3y ago
    The only reason I remembered was because I was a big fan of Palm WebOS and when HP bought it, there was a brief moment where I thought, "Wow HP is really going to have a go at this and try to become like the old HP." Then Hurd left and the new guy (former SAP exec I think?) axed the whole thing. What an absolute waste all that was. I felt like if RIM or Nokia had acquired Palm it would have had a reasonable shot.
    • ghaff 3y ago
      >former SAP exec I think?) Yep, Leo Apotheker. Who also presided over the Autonomy mess. I was an industry analyst until 2010 and HP servers and storage were pretty big clients. (I also know one of the journalists well who got their phone records accessed.) I was still in the industry after but not following HP day-to-day. I either missed Kara's later reporting or had just forgotten given that people were assuming something along those lines.