One other example of this kind of reawakening of logical reasoning is the decision this week not to commit suicide by Hewlett-Packard, a company that has done more damage to itself than a morose teenage girl standing in front of a mirror. After making a criminally-stupid and desperate announcement about spinning off it's $40 billion PC business to "unlock shareholder value", the company appears to have reconsidered and come to its senses. Here's new CEO (and longtime board member) Meg Whitman on the change of heart ( via the WSJ ):