Watching the slow, then sudden, collapse of Intel as they try to MBA their way out of the state they MBA'd their way into is going to be fun.
What's the end going to be?
DECesque? (sell everything off at bargain prices before the pile of what's left gets purchased by someone else who eventually fails as well, probably due to buying the pile of junk)
IBMific? (just hollow everything out and make your living ripping off an ever-shrinking audience of captive customers, also lie about AI for 30 years)
HPtastic? (spin the good, profitable, solid, parts off in order to "focus on our core business" while a constant parade of more and more morally bankrupt rock star MBA/finance losers who end up getting so paranoid and territorial as the walls close in around them that they make desperate, insane, "plays" like selling an Apple iPod with HP written on the side and doing things that make the actual HP spying scandal look like a cakewalk take the reins)
Straight up financial fraud as things keep getting worse?
Huge government bailouts?
Because I can tell you what it's not going to be: "selling a product that is better than your competitors".
os2warpman|7 months ago
What's the end going to be?
DECesque? (sell everything off at bargain prices before the pile of what's left gets purchased by someone else who eventually fails as well, probably due to buying the pile of junk)
IBMific? (just hollow everything out and make your living ripping off an ever-shrinking audience of captive customers, also lie about AI for 30 years)
HPtastic? (spin the good, profitable, solid, parts off in order to "focus on our core business" while a constant parade of more and more morally bankrupt rock star MBA/finance losers who end up getting so paranoid and territorial as the walls close in around them that they make desperate, insane, "plays" like selling an Apple iPod with HP written on the side and doing things that make the actual HP spying scandal look like a cakewalk take the reins)
Straight up financial fraud as things keep getting worse?
Huge government bailouts?
Because I can tell you what it's not going to be: "selling a product that is better than your competitors".
arresin|7 months ago
If I had to bet it will be this.
PaulHoule|7 months ago