Hewlett and Packard are gone. Carly Fiorina did her best to destroy what made the company great and heavily clashed with Walter Hewlett (the co-founder's son and board member) over her differing vision.
Correct, but the culture for quality remains
“Carly Fiorina did her best to destroy what made the company great and heavily clashed with Walter Hewlett (the co-founder’s son and board member) over her differing vision”
Carly Fiorina wasn't the best CEO I have seen, nevertheless one CEO can't destroy a culture that has been built over several decades. Not to mention the guy that replaced her, Mark Hurd said, is one of the best CEO’s in America today, and has been doing a great job since he took over.
HP is still a great American company
Bottom line is, you just can't go about claiming that Apple has better quality than HP, especially given the terrible quality problems that the iPods had a few years back, with one of the highest failure rates for any electronics product.