[Calpublican]

She is a deeply flawed candidate.

Few business articles about her mention the changes into the product line during her tenure. The changes harmed the brand.

[relictele]

That’s putting it mildly.

[DaxtonBrown]

“Few business articles about her mention the changes into the product line during her tenure. The changes harmed the brand.”

I was doing IT at the time. Everyone in the industry knew Compaq was a doorstop.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Few business articles about her mention the changes into the product line during her tenure. The changes harmed the brand."

Which changes?? Spinning off Agilent? Destroying the "HP Way" culture? Or drastically and negatively affecting the quality of the products that HP kept??

I think the last one is the most damaging. The HP "brand" once stood for absolute top quality products. "AF" ("After Fiorina"), HP products were no longer "top of the line", but "middle of the pack" at best.

When I first got into the "PC" world, the only printers I would buy were HP (early BW inkjet, early color injet, BW laserjet). Then "AF" I had the misfortune to get an HP"all-in-one", which was a piece of absolute ****. I switched to Canon for the "all-in-one" functionality, and it is still going strong.

My perception from outside is that "PF" ("Post Fiorina"), that the quality has gotten better.