[Info-vax] HP to axe 30,000 jobs to cut costs

[JF Mezei]

Forbes has an interesting title:

HP on Crash Course, More Layoffs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susankalla/2012/05/18/crash-course-hp-tries-to-stop-dive-with-huge-layoff/


The text of the URL is also interesting: "stop dive with huge layoffs"
(subtle way for editorial/opinion to be added to the article)

The clear cutting done by Hurd is coming back to haunt HP and at least
he now gets the blame for this, especially cutting R&D.

I think HP made a BIG mistake abandonning so quickly the mobile market.
bandonning their proprietary OS from Palm is understandable, but they
could have made some Android based devices.

Whitman was not handed an easy job.  Hopefully when the job cuts are
announced, there will be sufficient explanation to give a sense of where
HP is going and how quickly it will get there (especially with regards
to enterprise and most especially with BCS).