<div dir="ltr">And we were glad when he went out the door.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br></div>Kenneth Hess<br>(918) 630-6236<br>Twitter: @kenhess<br><div>Skype: kenneth_hess</div><a href="http://www.kenhess.com/" target="_blank">kenhess.com</a> - <a href="http://frugalnetworker.com/" target="_blank">frugalnetworker.com</a><br></div><div>Filmmaker - Podcaster - Reviewer - System Administrator - Writer</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 1:48 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Oracle. Hurd was ousted as CEO at HP in 2010. Wink, wink.<br>
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On 10/18/19 2:31 PM, Dana Blankenhorn via Ipg-l wrote:<br>
> It's sad, but I'm reminded of Steve Jobs' liver surgery in 2009. Apple <br>
> didn't talk about it. He was CEO, he was the company, and they didn't <br>
> talk about it. I didn't like that.<br>
> <br>
> I still. don't like it. Hurd is less important a figure, he was only <br>
> Co-CEO at HP, but this is an event of material significance to the <br>
> company and the company, apparently, still hasn't talked about it.<br>
> <br>
> I don't think that's right.<br>
> <br>
> I'm sad for Mr. Hurd and his family, of course. I'm not being a ghoul <br>
> when I suggest we should have been told. The only clue was about a week <br>
> ago when I read HP was looking into replacements for him.<br>
> <br>
> When you're a public company, there are some things that trump your <br>
> personal privacy is all. What if I knew Larry Ellison was giong to die <br>
> next week? I could trade on that, make a lot of money when he passed, <br>
> selling short, buying them back after things calmed down.<br>
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> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:06 PM Pam Baker via Ipg-l <<a href="mailto:ipg-l@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-l@netpress.org</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ipg-l@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-l@netpress.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Alan is on top of things, as usual!!<br>
> <br>
> Reports are just coming out now, Todd.<br>
> <br>
> Here's one:<br>
> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/former-oracle-co-ceo-mark-hurd-has-passed-away/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/former-oracle-co-ceo-mark-hurd-has-passed-away/</a><br>
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> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:49 AM Todd R. Weiss via Ipg-l<br>
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> Where did you hear this?<br>
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> I see no reports of this anywhere online.<br>
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