So, the board of Hewlett-Packard Co. has discussed breaking up the company three different times, but decided to keep it intact, according to CEO Carly Fiorina. Asked at an analysts’ conference in Boston yesterday how the company’s board viewed a breakup, Ms. Fiorina said that each time the HP board discussed a potential breakup, it came to “the same unanimous conclusion” to remain one entity.
If you are interested in why this questions keeps coming up for HP, then read here and here.
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Being a member of the technology community, I work with several HP printers and I must admit their product has fallen badly. There are many parts in the printers that fail now — moreso than I’ve ever experienced with HP’s before — and we have to special order a majority of them; which adds a lot to our costs.