Inside the HP-Palm Acquisition: A Chief Technology Officer's Regretful Tale
By
AndrewDucker
11mo ago· 14 min readenOpinion
100/100
Golden Brown
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Summary
The article recounts the author's experience of convincing HP's board to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion, only to witness its downfall shortly after due to poor decisions. The author, HP's Chief Technology Officer, highlights the failure from a personal perspective while recovering from surgery.
Key quotes
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Then I watched it all fall apart from the worst possible vantage point—lying in bed during an eight-week recovery, helpless.
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