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- Path: sparky!uunet!infoserv!gcarter
- From: gcarter@infoserv.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: HP and the Akers resignation
- Keywords: akers, platt, resignation
- Message-ID: <s4L3XB1w163w@gcarter>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:53:27 PST
- Distribution: world
- Organization: An Unhappy HP Small Investor
- Lines: 16
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- In today's Wall Street Journal article concerning the
- resignation of IBM CEO John Akers, the paper quoted one
- longtime IBM executive observing:
-
- "He (Akers) finally concluded his credibility inside and
- outside is a real obstacle to moving ahead, and it would be
- better for the business to have a different chief executive."
-
- Since this is clearly the same situation HP's Lew Platt is in,
- let's hope Lew makes the same decision.
-
- HP investors can assist in this process by marking the
- "WITHHOLD VOTE" box on the proxy card you recently
- received and writing "L.E. Platt" in the space provided.
- The proxy card should be signed on the reverse side and
- returned to Harris Trust.
-