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She's come un-Dunn
Posted on September 13, 2006 7:25 PM
First-time Freddie Award recipient Patricia "Pretext" Dunn earned the much-deserved booting from her place as chairman (should that be chairperson? Chairwoman? Ah, who cares now?) Darling Patty brought the word "pretext" into public discussion. For those who have been busier trying to figure out what to do in retirement now that HP has killed your pension plans, pretexting is pretty corporate-speak for "lying."
It's like the difference between crazy and eccentric. Homeless guy on the bus talking to himself? He's actually got a cell phone and a Bluetooth jammed into his ear like Lieutenant Uhura, but if he didn't, he'd be crazy. If he was a rich guy chattering about the NFL conspiracy against the Oakland Raiders, he'd be Al Davis, but all the cash means they call him eccentric.
(Aaron Brooks plays like Albert Brooks, that's your insightful sports commentary from me. Forget the sidelines, the Raiders needed Art Shell back on the O-line.)
Back to HP. They've played this whole PR gig about as well as the Raiders did against the Bolts. As in not very well. As in cringingly awful. Do you know what the worst part of the whole HP virtual dumpster diving for phone records was? They did it to reporters, as CNet, the WSJ, and the NYT will probably squeeze that for months.
Everyone knows the bastard press enjoys being spied on about as much as they enjoyed seeing Bush get reelected.
As for HP, they'll move CEO Mark Hurd into the chairman's slot. Mister Cost Cutter probably is more excited about this than Palpatine was when he ordered the clone troopers to execute Order 66. Don't weep for Dunn. She's still staying on as director, and if Valleywag can be believed Precious Patty has enough dirt on other directors in compromising positions to keep herself entrenched on HP Way.
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