The “reduction in workforce” telegraphed by HP a few weeks ago appears to finally be taking place, according to a source inside the company. Apparently the formal emails have gone out and the entire San Diego Software unit is being rolled up. The number laid off is around 500, which tallies with previous estimates of up to 525. It’s not much of a surprise, since following the untimely death of the TouchPad and webOS, it was really only a matter of time before the software groups directly responsible for maintaining those products would be eliminated. The jobs are reportedly moving to Shanghai and Yehud, Israel, where HP already has R&D centers. The news comes as new CEO Meg Whitman is said to be reconsidering the idea of spinning off the PC-making portion of HP. The loss of the webOS unit was inevitable after Apotheker had second thoughts about the billion-dollar acquisition, but the remainder of his bold but perhaps misguided strategy for the company isn’t as binding. Note: however likely it may be, this news is not confirmed, as we do not have the internal email, but if our source is kind enough to forward a redacted copy, we’ll reprint it here.
c*z
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如果是因为紧急事务,影响不大。
y*u
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Ding
S*h
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The Palm/WebOS team is located in Sunnyvale San Jose, not in San Diego. Maybe the jobs that go offshore belong to another group.