[Info-vax] OT: HP to retain ts PC division

[JF Mezei]

OK, in a conference call, Whitman said:

“I think we need to be in the tablet business, and we’re certainly going
to be there with Windows 8,” Whitman said during a conference call held
to explain why HP reversed its thinking about its PC group, a decision
that cost former CEO Leo Apotheker his job. HP sells a tablet device
running Windows 7, but that operating system was not designed for
mobility and is not even in the discussion when it comes to the modern
tablet market.


I guess Apotheker didn't want to hurt Microsoft so he killed Palm
entirely, but now Whitman has found a way to get tablets and help Microsoft.