HP to layoff 27k

[Doggy Styles]

I did a stint at HP. I blame the three 'C's for their gradual demise: Carly, Compaq and Crap marketing.

[russell]

Even the cloud needs servers.

Think Google etc build their own cheap servers, rather than buying Dell/HP's expensive server's.

[Sysman]

I did a stint at HP. I blame the three 'C's for their gradual demise: Carly, Compaq and Crap marketing.

That'll be the 4 'C's then. Curly, Carly, Compaq and Crap marketing.

Curly was the accountant running Compaq at the time of HP's takeover.

I don't know how HP managed it, but they managed to upset my then clientco enough that they decided to migrate away from HP (and hang the cost).

[Platypus]

They will have to shift the focus to supplying these larger data centers

They already do supply these large data centers

[Sysman]

They already do supply these large data centers

Yep. I came across a comment a couple or so years ago "Why can't I find a salesman to sell me some kit?" and the answer was that the salesmen were too busy selling vast quantities of gear to the likes of Amazon.