Compaq was an exceptional company. They were making affordable computers with only quality components. It was my first computer. When fucking HP bought them, it turned to shit, and they just killed the brand.
It's sad that today nobody knows about this glorious brand.
The fall of Compaq is well documented, suggest you do a little research before making broad, uninformed claims. The company started making serious mistakes long before HP acquired the company. The buyout was just another in a series of misguided attempts to save the brand.
Fiorina was terrible for HP. Compaq just happened to get dragged along for the ride. DEI wasn't really a thing back then. She was hired on her supposed merits as a leader. That she was also female was "good optics for the company", as they used to say.
Writing in Fortune magazine in August 2015, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld described the hiring as the result of "a dysfunctional HP board committee, filled with its own poisoned politics, hired her with no CEO experience, nor interviews with the full board."[46] Fiorina received a larger signing offer than any of her predecessors,
She had no experience, and never interviewed for CEO. All she did was slob the knob of the Frank Fiorina, and then ride the shit-lib, DEI express from there.
You're not wrong but from the luxury of hindsight everything is crystal clear and obvious. At the time things were not so clear. The whole IT community was skeptical as fuck over the choice of her but, mostly, prepared to give her the benefit of the doubt. HP had been stumbling for a while at that point and maybe she could be the magic bullet to fix that. It's been awhile but as I recall there weren't really any other strong contenders for the position, but I might be wrong here.
I'm not defending her, in case you think I am. She was a godfuckingawful choice. But, as I say, at the time that wasn't obvious. At least not to us non HP-insiders. Other people with better access obviously may have different takes.
And don't forget that this was still the era of the wild "think outside the box" types like Steve Jobs. Companies were all hoping to find that next blazing star to lead them from the darkness. Fiorina had that smell about her if for no other reason than she was female in an industry dominated by men. People still had high hopes for the aspirations of feminism then. What a bunch of fucking fools we were.
You're just gonna have to take my word for it that the DEI we know today is not the same as those progressive attitudes towards hiring women in senior positions that had just started to become generally accepted back then.
DEI represents an ideology that has become baked into into institutional structures. But it was not like that at all back then. The idea of women on the Board was new and cool and hip etc. etc. and in that sense "good optics". No one had any idea how it would turn out but it seemed like a fun experiment and we were all hopeful. Oh man we were so fucking wrong.
Feminism was the cute, playful kitten that grew up to be the evil, hateful cat that we named DEI.
[ - ] Cunty 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:48:55 ago (+1/-0)
Oh, pray tell what account is my normal account?. I just think you're a fucking retarded jeet and love to contradict your stupidity at each and every turn.
You have typical jeet logic and I await the day you stop posting such utter fucking drivel, also whilst you're at it, could you please neck yourself and do us all a favour?. It's the right thing to do you smelly little jeet.
Sorry, but you don't know shit about how Jews destroy companies from inside. Do you think IBM, Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Ericsson were all idiots, and you are a genius? They were all top brands with leading design and technology just a couple decades ago.
IBM is still doing fine. They operate on a boom/bust business model. They will make a shitload of money in a market sector and then sell or axe entire divisions of the company. Mass layoffs is part of that.
You were going to buy an IBM Deskstar hard disk drive in 2024? A Thinkpad laptop? A PowerPC CPU? A Cell processor for the PS3? You don’t even know what their current products are that generate billions in revenue, you retarded non-white ignoramus.
My brother had a Compaq for his home computer to game on (DnD type floppy games) back in the late 80's early 90's (i believe it still runs with all the floppy discs, stored in the family garage). It cost him a pretty penny back then - iirc around NZD $4500). Good times.
[ + ] pickingrinninspittin
[ - ] pickingrinninspittin 5 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 09:20:10 ago (+5/-0)
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 4 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 09:39:01 ago (+4/-0)
Wasn't a DEI female CEO steering Compaq into the ditch at this time?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Fiorina#Hewlett-Packard_(HP)
[ + ] pickingrinninspittin
[ - ] pickingrinninspittin 3 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 09:51:19 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 4 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 09:55:22 ago (+4/-0)*
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Fiorina#Hewlett-Packard_(HP)
I suggest that you revisit the truth behind her.
She had no experience, and never interviewed for CEO. All she did was slob the knob of the Frank Fiorina, and then ride the shit-lib, DEI express from there.
[ + ] pickingrinninspittin
[ - ] pickingrinninspittin 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 13:44:09 ago (+0/-0)
I'm not defending her, in case you think I am. She was a godfuckingawful choice. But, as I say, at the time that wasn't obvious. At least not to us non HP-insiders. Other people with better access obviously may have different takes.
And don't forget that this was still the era of the wild "think outside the box" types like Steve Jobs. Companies were all hoping to find that next blazing star to lead them from the darkness. Fiorina had that smell about her if for no other reason than she was female in an industry dominated by men. People still had high hopes for the aspirations of feminism then. What a bunch of fucking fools we were.
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 13:48:38 ago (+1/-0)
You admit freely that she absolutely a DEI hire.
[ + ] pickingrinninspittin
[ - ] pickingrinninspittin 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 14:07:17 ago (+0/-0)
DEI represents an ideology that has become baked into into institutional structures. But it was not like that at all back then. The idea of women on the Board was new and cool and hip etc. etc. and in that sense "good optics". No one had any idea how it would turn out but it seemed like a fun experiment and we were all hopeful. Oh man we were so fucking wrong.
Feminism was the cute, playful kitten that grew up to be the evil, hateful cat that we named DEI.
[ + ] DitchPig
[ - ] DitchPig 4 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:30:03 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] dassar
[ - ] dassar 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 15:32:52 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Cunty
[ - ] Cunty 2 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 10:57:34 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Conspirologist
[ - ] Conspirologist [op] -1 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 11:28:03 ago (+0/-1)
[ + ] Cunty
[ - ] Cunty 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:48:55 ago (+1/-0)
You have typical jeet logic and I await the day you stop posting such utter fucking drivel, also whilst you're at it, could you please neck yourself and do us all a favour?.
It's the right thing to do you smelly little jeet.
[ + ] Conspirologist
[ - ] Conspirologist [op] 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 09:31:23 ago (+2/-1)
[ + ] Spaceman84
[ - ] Spaceman84 2 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 13:42:02 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] Conspirologist
[ - ] Conspirologist [op] -2 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 13:57:39 ago (+0/-2)
[ + ] Spaceman84
[ - ] Spaceman84 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 20:14:46 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 3 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 09:42:17 ago (+3/-0)
This DEI cunt was at the helm, and steered HP into the ditch, and then over a cliff.
[ + ] DieselForever
[ - ] DieselForever 0 points 4 monthsDec 20, 2024 17:59:14 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Drstrangestgov
[ - ] Drstrangestgov 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 09:41:52 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] dassar
[ - ] dassar 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 15:46:51 ago (+0/-0)
It cost him a pretty penny back then - iirc around NZD $4500).
Good times.