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		wittekm on Oct 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hewlett-Packard Plans to Break in Two It's been a while, but I think Apotheker's plan was a two-parter: * to kill off / sell off the consumer division * to just turn HP into an IBM-type enterprise company. The former isn't exactly true in this case; the latter is coming true.

fuzzythinker on Oct 5, 2014 [–]

The former is in reality the same. It's just splitting the consumer division off (selling it to current share holders) is much easier than trying to find a buyer for it.

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