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So.. they slash expenses, get rid of all the people who know stuff and how to, and offshore/outsource even more. The stock price will jump up this quarter and maybe next couple and the shareholders will be happy for the "returned value".... Then what? At the end of the 3 years, HP will be a shell of it's former self and struggling again, if not before. Those who live by the quarterly statements, die by them.