{"id":86899,"date":"1999-12-31T00:37:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/hp-boss-to-get-the-boot-replaced-by-ebay-chief\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:37:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:37:00","slug":"hp-boss-to-get-the-boot-replaced-by-ebay-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/hp-boss-to-get-the-boot-replaced-by-ebay-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"HP Boss To Get The Boot &#038; Replaced By eBay Chief?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Apotheker could be about to be replaced with ex-eBay chief by its increasingly anxious board, sources have told Reuters.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Right\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"300\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20110922102018bdab5.jpg', 'foo', 'width=410, height=320, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20110922102018bdab5_300x300.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Change is already nigh over at Palo Alto, recently announcing a shock change in direction intending to spin off its PSG group including PC and notebook business &#8211; to focus on software business &#8211; a move spearheaded by Apotheker himself, who has been in the job less than a year.<\/p>\n<p>HP&#8217;s board of directors &#8220;is thrashing out a host of issues, including whether to name Whitman as the interim CEO,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the No.1 PC maker in the world faces market incredulity, major shareholder discontent and free falling share prices, following the move to ditch its hardware ops.<\/p>\n<p>Read Apotheker Ousting: HP &#8216;Risky Business&#8217; As Future Hangs Uncertain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smarthouse.com.au\/Home_Office\/Desktop_PCs\/M8J5R3M9\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ex eBay CEO Meg Whitman may be announced as interim leader of Hewlett Packard in the coming weeks, source indicated. Shares immediately rose up 6.6% to close at $23.96 yesterday on the US stock market, following the news.<\/p>\n<p>The ousting of the German native, the third CEO alongside Carly Fiorina&nbsp; to be booted by the HP board in a matter of years, comes as no surprise to many analysts, who say it was only a matter of time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was doomed from the beginning,&#8221; analyst Brian White, Ticonderoga Securities, said. &#8220;The die was cast for whoever stepped into that position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hewlett-Packard has also just begun layoffs at its mobile device unit which makes the webOS operating system. The move follows discontinuation of HP&#8217;s TouchPad tablet computer, which went on sale here for just $98 last month as it sought to offload excess inventory.<\/p>\n<div>Phased out by the company a month ago in a move that resulted in a stampede for the product, HP said the layoffs follow its decision to shut down the mobile devices business during its fourth quarter, which ends October 31.<\/p>\n<p>Several staff members already have left on their own volition; but more than 500 are expected to lose their jobs involuntarily in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it would give notice to employees by the end of September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"NFBreak\" style=page-break-before:always contenteditable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Unclear is the future for former webOS chief executive Jon Rubinstein, a former senior software executive at Apple. 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