Bigger is not always better

The drama around the HP merger continues to grow and it's somewhat amusing to watch the internal executive email missives to us employees cheer it on attempting to make it seem that the merger and the subsequent 30,000 jobs lost in the process will be an exciting event for everyone involved. There's even a website for the merger to get shareholders to Vote the HP Way. Noone has actually said what actual good will come of the merger but many seem convinced, even the EU, that change is good in spite of the fact that HP has fallen well behind in markets it once dominated and is going into the services market which Compaq isn't really known for. Walter Hewlett has been very vocal is opposing the merger with his website Vote No, but he will probably be silenced in the march to conglomeration in the very near future.

permalink Ω 30 January 2002, Helsinki