[Info-vax] Mark Hurd is resigning

[Neil Rieck]

On Aug 6, 5:32 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> Neil Rieck wrote:
> > I just heard an announcement on NPR news: CEO Mark Hurd will be
> > resigning ASAP
>
> See the message from Anre Vajhøj.
>
> Sexual harassement thing and misconduct. First may have been false, but
> second appears to have been true. Whatever that means.
>
> Will Ann Livermore take over ? Or will they seek an outsider ? Right
> now, they put the accountant in charge (just as had happened with Compaq
> when Pfeiffer was ousted).
>
> They probably won't have too many problems attracting outside talent for HP.
>
> Compaq's board had been unsuccesful in attracting oustide talent, so the
> account got the job on a permanent basis (with a mandate to find a suitor)
>
> What this means for VMS, I am not sure. The new guy/gal may announce
> some changes fairly quickly, or it may take 2-3 years before his/her
> plans become visible.
>
> A change of CEO is always a time when a corporation gets to re-examine
> in what businesses it really wants to be. Curly zapped Pfeiffer's plans
> for Compaq to become an enterprise company.

Thanks,

Here is Arne's link:

http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/06/news/companies/hurd.resignation.fortune/index.htm

p.s. I guess there really hasn't been any board-room monkey-business
since that wire-tapping fiasco.

NSR