I probably recommend an HP printer to about 3-4 people a month.

I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do that after this merger.

This is a sad day in HP history indeed. It also says a lot about the state of the economy when Walter Hewlett loses control of Hewlett-Packard. (Has the whole world gone mad? 🙂

Here’s a CNN article by Richard Richtmyer that doesn’t even try to get Walter Hewlett’s point across:
It’s all over but the counting:
With the bitter proxy fight over HP-Compaq nearing a close, focus shifts to vote tally.

With that in mind, here’s an L.A. Times article by Joseph Menn that gives a better explanation of Hewlett’s argument:
Walter Hewlett Explains Stance
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