Comment by hartator
Yeah, 8 weeks is nothing.
I feel if he was able to read news about the situation, he should probably have reached out to try to salvage the situation.
Or he should have people, processes in place, and company vision that supports all of this outside of himself.
I remember loving Palm for so long, but they were playing catching up after the iPhone. Same fate as blackberry. Both should have double down (clean, focused work via stilus) and keyboard-based workflow instead of rushing things.
He seems the author wants to talk shit about Leo Apotheker while trying to get some traction for his new side business.
(just a note, it's Léo not Leo).
I think this is fair read, but to be also fair, it's easy to criticize Léo - the SAP board had literally fired him 6 months before HP decided he would be a great fit!