[geeks] the anti-Fiorina

[Phil Stracchino]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> Anyone else find it funny that after the destruction caused by
> Fiorina, late of AT&T, the guy HP hires to replace her is from NCR,
> and that he nursed NCR back to health after it was almost dead due to
> then-parent owner AT&T?
> 
> "Kay said that before Hurd took over, NCR had declined unnecessarily
> under the oversight of AT&T, which spun off the company in 1997. Kay
> credits Hurd with helping drive its resurgence.  "


Well, hey, maybe that's WHY they picked him.


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