HP lays off Palm staffers

We’ve heard our fair share of reports on the HP / Palm takeovers – the latest report now states that HP is into cleaning up its purchase.

John Paczkowski now reports the following (emphasis by yours truly):

I’m not quite sure, but make no mistake, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has cut some former Palm staffers from its ranks as it closes its acquisition of the smartphone maker. I’m hearing different numbers from sources (once) close to the company, so it’s difficult to put a firm number on them. Sounds like it’s not too, too many though. Double digits, not hundreds. Still: sad and awful

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If HP manages to cut the foul apples from the tree, I don’t consider it sad but rather good – former insiders like Adam Tow have long said that a clean-up is urgently needed.

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