Hewlett Packard may follow IBM and dump its PC division. It's also discontinuing its WebOS operation (even though I saw an ad about how awesome WebOS is just earlier this week). Translation: the $1.2 billion Palm purchase just vanished like a fart in the wind.
Follow-up 8/19: As of noon today, HP is down 20% today on a generally flat day, as the market absorbs how bad this news really was.
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- ALD
- I'm a veteran of two careers - high school math and physics teacher, retirement consulting actuary - who is now enjoying the pleasure of staying at home for my daughter. (My avatar is in honor of Will Durant, whom I consider the last true sage.)
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