I must say, what a charming photo they found for this article.

Silicon Valley Howls With Laughter At Thought Of Meg Whitman Being CEO Of HP

Henry Blodget | Sep. 21, 2011, 9:28 PM

We'll admit that we were a bit startled to hear that the HP board is already throwing in the towel on CEO Leo Apotheker after less than a year--and even more startled to hear that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman was his rumored replacement.

Meg did a great job at eBay in the early years, but she checked out in the later ones, and the only thing that HP and eBay have in common is that they're both in the Valley.

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