XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 12/30/25 04:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 29/12/2025 23:40, John Ames wrote:   
   >> You can see this again and again in corporate Big Tech; look at, for   
   >> example, Carly Fiorina, who pulled a "turnaround" with Lucent back in   
   >> the late '90s - early '00s which was to a significant extent based in   
   >> shady financial games and ultimately gutted the company; 130,000 people   
   >> lost their jobs as a result, and Fiorina...went on to run the show at   
   >> HP and was all geared up to put*them*  in the toilet as well before   
   >> being forced out, but ultimately got her comeuppance by...um, losing   
   >> her bid for the GOP nomination in 2016 and having to fall back on being   
   >> incredibly wealthy and getting public-speaking engagements.   
   >>   
   > +1.   
   >   
   > Th HP of my youth were the no 1 instrumentation engineers.  Nary a hint   
   > of consumer products.   
   >   
   >   
   >> The bill always comes due eventually - but a certain class of people   
   >> have gotten*real*  good at making sure someone else is left holding the   
   >> bag when it does.   
   >   
   > A company that is 'steady state' - a cash cow essentially - is already   
   > where it needs to be. It needs no strategic management.   
   >   
   > Only if its market is set to disappear does it need to stir itself.   
   >   
      
   "Only if" is always. If you're not innovating someone will figure out a   
   way to beat you. AT&T was great at what they did, but wireless made   
   landlines obsolete.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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