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What's wrong with laying off people, it's business. Grow up.
I don't know much about Carly Fiorina or HP, but this page does nothing to convince me that she's not right: If you're going to end up laying off 30,000 people (out of 300,000 or so) after the dot com bubble burst, wouldn't sooner and faster be better?
Responsive design too.
Why does having a family entitle you to a job?
Yep, having ever had to make hard decisions in serious situations should definitely disqualify presidential hopefuls.
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View source for a ref to the demon sheep bonus page: http://carlyfiorina.org/bonus-page.html

I don't really understand the point of this page though. Running a business entails making difficult decisions that can hurt people. So does running a country?

First thing I did too... read the source.
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I personally think laying off people at the time was the right decision.

However, buying a company with an identical product portfolio like Compaq, with the reason 'we wanted to get into consulting' was stupid, when for the same price HP could have purchased Accenture - even if Accenture hadn't grown, it still would have been a much better choice.