I have nothing against Meg Whitman and she may very well be a competent executive. But having made a major error in judgement in selecting the last CEO, one would think that the HP board would see the need to do a thorough, extensive search for his replacement since the company’s future may well rest on it. At the end of the day they may well have chosen Whitman. They may have chosen someone else. But at least it wouldn’t look like a hasty, panicked decision.
That’s a legitimate position. Saying she’ll first redecorate is not.