Wow! Amazing! Like anyone in the industry listens to what HP leadership has to say or would bet their business on them. (Ask a True64 user!)

If I'm not mistaken, isn't HP's main line of computer systems based on Microsoft and Intel, including their media PCs? HP oughttta think twice about challenging their key technology suppliers. Not that they would, but what if Microsoft and Intel stopped selling to HP? Hey Carly, newsflash: (HP - Microsoft) + (HP - Intel) = -1 (Well OK, you still have cameras and printers)

Invent?! time to invent a strategy. What was the last industry shattering invention or innovation to come from HP? What about under Carly's watch?

Seriously, does anyone actually pay attention to HP leadership's statements? I'm surprised Carly is even invited to be a keynote speaker, unless its how to make a once key industry player and giant irrelevant.

These opinions are my own, yep mine and mine alone, no one elses.

I'd like to hear Her Worship explain why they put an HP/Invent logo on the back of the Apple iPod that they redistribute. It's sad to watch HP in its decline.

We will boycott all HP products until they stop sending California's jobs offshore. Bring California back from India.

Invent what? Check out Sony's PSP, Playstation3 and streaming TV. Is the next generation Web Interface HTML/XML based? Color printing - Check out OKI, Canon, Minolta! HP is just High Price. Why do you think IBM got rid of its PC division?

Just think.... HP's workforce is what 142,000 people and the planet lost over 150,000 people in the asia tsunami.

That's like the entire HP workforce being wiped out.

NOw why is it that the world views the price of those 150,000 asians as worthy of just $3 billion dollars in aid money, (not to mention the 5 million survivers displaced) and the 142,000 people at HP, judging by the stock price and market cap, those people are worth $64 billion dollars. give me a break !!

IN other words, the question that comes to mind is if a tsunami, a layoff tsunami for example, or a real world tsunami of some kind wiped out the entire Hp workforce of 142,000 people then carly should only expect to recieve $3 billion dollars in aid money worldwide to rebuild her mythical digital world where everything revolves around her. right ??

You know that 150,000 number seems to be poping up everywhere lately. Last I've read we have 150,000 troops in Iraq. I've seen two diffrent stories on funding for iraq in 2005. One of them said bush will ask for $60 billion dollars in 2005, another story says that congress expects a request for $100 billion dollars.

If it turns out to be $60 billion dollars to support 150,000 troops in 2005, lets just liquidate HP and use the $64 billion dollars of market cap money to run the war and the 142,000 HP employees that will then be out of a job to fight it.

When its all over Carly can run for the position of Mayor of Baghdad and fullfill her political dreams.

Dell entered the printer business less than two years ago but already has a 13% market share.
Some of this must be what was hp's share.

2004 13%
2005 25%
2006 50%

CSS = Computer Special Systems. They had groups all over the world. It was a real money maker for DEC

What is the CSS unit?

Sounds like the old CSS unit is finally going to Jurasic Park with the rest of manufacturing. Long overdue, this has been a high overhead group to carry.

I have a close friend still there at a high level and she says long term Hewlett-Packard is purely a distribution company.

It seems to me that it's not only time to review HP's broad strategy and its inability to execute but also to consider replacing Fiorina, the inspiring speaker, with someone with a proven track record in operations and execution. Five years is a long enough trial to drive change and improve performance. We only give the President of the U.S. four years.

It's not good news when an $80 billion "technology" company makes the majority of its profit from ink-jet cartridges. It's an $80 billion office-supplies company. The unique culture is gone along with the "technology."

John Sullivan
Granite Bay, Calif.

Talk about your misplaced values.

Worldwide aid for the tsunami victims is being reported currently at $3 billion dollars.

HP's market cap is $64 billion dollars, twenty one times more valuable than the lives of the over 150,000 people now gone, the 5 million people that are displaced, lost everything, and now homeless.

What about this year, carleton? What's being done today to generate profit and return for shareholders?

Go Carly!