[conspire] HP Melt Down

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:

> I know that nobody has inside information but just to get some perspective, can someone explain to me what the heck
> HP is doing this last week and what in the world is motivating them to seemingly self destruct?

I think John Gruber had the most cogent explanation I've seen thus far:

http://daringfireball.net/2011/08/hp_apotheker

tl;dr version: CEO change and thus strategy change.

Deirdre