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“The H.P. board just made the worst personnel decision…”

Larry Ellison to The New York Times (Ashlee Vance), August 9, 2010

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Larry Ellison
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Monday, August 9, 2010
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The New York Times (Ashlee Vance)
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The H.P. board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago [...] That decision nearly destroyed Apple and would have if Steve hadn't come back and saved them. [...] In losing Mark Hurd, the H.P. board failed to act in the best interest of H.P.'s employees, shareholders, customers and partners [...] The H.P. board admits that it fully investigated the sexual harassment claims against Mark and found them to be utterly false.
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Mark Hurd resigned as Hewlett-Packard's chief executive on August 6, 2010 after an inquiry into his expense reports. Ellison, a friend of Hurd's, sent The New York Times an email criticizing HP's board; the paper printed parts of it.