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Was Apotheker HP’s First Choice of CEO? [Updated]

John Paczkowski in News on October 1, 2010 at 3:15 am PT

Hewlett-Packard’s decision to appoint former SAP chief Leo Apotheker as CEO was a move few industry observers saw coming. “It’s a bit of a head-scratcher,” one veteran software executive told me, noting that an enterprise guy like Apotheker wasn’t an obvious choice to head HP, a company whose strengths lie in hardware and consumer technology.

Loss Leader Not in Apple's Vocabulary

John Paczkowski in News on March 6, 2009 at 5:27 am PT

This year will see one of the worst slumps in the PC industry ever. But as grim as things may get, they will perhaps not be so bad for Apple. According to TBR analyst Ezra Gottheil, the company has so far avoided the “permanent and structural” collapse of overall average selling prices for PCs and the related decline in revenue.

Loss Leader Not in Apple’s Vocabulary

John Paczkowski in News on March 6, 2009 at 5:27 am PT

This year will see one of the worst slumps in the PC industry ever. But as grim as things may get, they will perhaps not be so bad for Apple. According to TBR analyst Ezra Gottheil, the company has so far avoided the “permanent and structural” collapse of overall average selling prices for PCs and the related decline in revenue.