Shareholders of HP: "Why is not our company as innovative and successful as Apple?"

Yeah ... life is not easy for the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Meg Whitman. During a question and answer session at the annual meeting of shareholders of the company's executive heard a bit.That things are not going so well in the PC market all know, but when comparisons are beginning to emerge with the most valuable company in the world , there is not much to do.

One shareholder said, once asked Steve Jobs as Apple planned to compete with larger companies like HP. The answer was classic - something like: "our products are better and our technology is years ahead, especially in the mobile world."

As we know, Jobs was right after all, Apple now worth ten times more than HP. And there was one question that came to Whitman: "Do you think that HP was and is innovative enough?"

Primeiramene, Whitman said that everyone should applaud the success of Apple. "This is one of the stories of a rebirth of the most successful business of our generation. I have to say, Steve Jobs is one of the business leaders of our generation. "Then, of course, came the part that mattered (to shareholders). Whitman said that HP remains on the first or second in all his dealings, and will continue investing in research and development.

Other shareholders expressed their displeasure with the lack of a chain of retail stores such as the famous Apple Retail Stores . Today, if a printer breaks the mark, a consumer must return the product to the site of HP, rather than simply entering a "HP Store" and fix it, as in the Apple stores.

Whitman said the company's initiative in Brazil (!), Where HP has a physical store. However, she promised that the strategy will work in the United States - meanwhile, the company tries to improve support through the website.

Finally, another shareholder mentioned the vision and success of the Apple market, wondering if HP has a "see the same thing," and would have some innovative product coming out of their labs.According to CEO, HP since its foundation is an innovative and revolutionary, yet she admitted that in recent years, the company is showing more evolution than revolution. And possibly one of putting into practice the teachings of Jobs, Whitman said she believed in focus, and encourages company leaders to do a few things but doing them well.

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