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31. Study the whole story behind her pushing to OEM Apple's IPOD instead of pursuing HP's solutions...

Sun May 31, 2015, 03:03 AM

May 2015

Her decision to have HP OEM the IPOD instead of continuing the work on HP's own portable music player and downloads solutions along with it's many partners (including a company I worked with at the time then) that would have made the marketplace a lot more open and interoperable between different vendors. That HP Ipod didn't last too long and mainly helped Steve Jobs lock up that market for Ipods and Itunes than it helped HP. I think there probably was a lot of internal frustration with Fiorina with that effort as well as the Compaq mess.

http://windowsitpro.com/windows/opinion-hps-ipod-moves-could-hurt-industry-12-jan-2004-0

http://www.charlesarthur.com/blog/2005/08/01/fiorinas-curse-lives-on-after-hp-kills-apple-deal-to-resell-ipod/

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My appearance on Fox & Friends this morning discussing Carly Fiorina's Presidential bid [View all] stevenleser May 2015 OP

Good job Steve EV_Ares May 2015 #1

Thank you! stevenleser May 2015 #9

Thank you! stevenleser May 2015 #10

It was a good discussion. You did great SummerSnow May 2015 #3

1/3 of the time and interrupted ... fair and balanced. rickford66 May 2015 #4

I admire your cool under pressure. kentuck May 2015 #5

I try! stevenleser May 2015 #20

I think Fiorina's message to Republican voters is... thesquanderer May 2015 #6

She's showing off what a good stalker she is. Cha May 2015 #21

Fiorina is literally stalking Clinton on the campaign trail? MrModerate May 2015 #7

Amazing that Ms. Fiorina now believes, "China can't Innovate".... LovingA2andMI May 2015 #18

Great research. I am going to use that if I talk about her again. stevenleser May 2015 #23

No Problem.... LovingA2andMI May 2015 #24

She just could not say it. pangaia May 2015 #28

My take on Fiorino is that she's extremely shallow. MrModerate May 2015 #30

Well, lets' see if she lives up to giving you the "last word next time" mountain grammy May 2015 #8

How dare you criticize Fox's blatant preferred candidate? zebonaut May 2015 #13

LOL You didn't need a "last word" BumRushDaShow May 2015 #14

OMG... cilla4progress May 2015 #17

In a nutshell Ineeda May 2015 #25

Nice! Mike Nelson May 2015 #26

Good job. Though my favorite line came from the Republican woman: DanTex May 2015 #29