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Jobs had the benefit of a relatively huge amount of credibility with the rank-and-file employees and management, of a very compelling vision to execute on (the
by WiseWeasel 14y ago
Jobs had the benefit of a relatively huge amount of credibility with the rank-and-file employees and management, of a very compelling vision to execute on (the transition to OS X and then post-PC computing), and the focus to bring it to fruition.
It's not clear whether Meg Whitman shares any of those benefits, nor if the desperation of her company's board is to the point that they might give her the level of leeway afforded Jobs at the time.
- ryanpetrich 14y agoJobs was also able to bring a lot of talent that he was familiar with into Apple via the NeXT acquisition.
- tsotha 14y agoI'm assuming Whitman has a pretty impressive rolodex as well. But HP doesn't need to swing for the fences like Apple did. They need someone to create focus. HP has too many product lines, is in too many markets, and hasn't had a huge amount of cost discipline for a long time. Whitman can fix HP just by being a competent CEO, assuming she has the support of the board.